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    4.3 iNVASIVE SPECIES

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    This document discusses several examples of invasive species that have negatively impacted ecosystems: 1) Kudzu, a vine native to Asia, was introduced to the US and is destroying forests as it spreads rapidly. 2) Species like rats, rabbits, and stoats were introduced to New Zealand and have driven many native bird species extinct by preying on eggs and young birds. Over 53 native bird species in New Zealand are now extinct due to introduced invasive species. 3) Stoats, originally introduced to control rabbits, have spread all over New Zealand and eat almost 60% of kiwi chicks each year.

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    This document discusses several examples of invasive species that have negatively impacted ecosystems: 1) Kudzu, a vine native to Asia, was introduced to the US and is destroying forests as it spreads rapidly. 2) Species like rats, rabbits, and stoats were introduced to New Zealand and have driven many native bird species extinct by preying on eggs and young birds. Over 53 native bird species in New Zealand are now extinct due to introduced invasive species. 3) Stoats, originally introduced to control rabbits, have spread all over New Zealand and eat almost 60% of kiwi chicks each year.

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    This document discusses several examples of invasive species that have negatively impacted ecosystems: 1) Kudzu, a vine native to Asia, was introduced to the US and is destroying forests as it spreads rapidly. 2) Species like rats, rabbits, and stoats were introduced to New Zealand and have driven many native bird species extinct by preying on eggs and young birds. Over 53 native bird species in New Zealand are now extinct due to introduced invasive species. 3) Stoats, originally introduced to control rabbits, have spread all over New Zealand and eat almost 60% of kiwi chicks each year.

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    TOPIC 4.

    Intruders in
    the
    ecosystem
    NATIVE AND
    NON-NATIVE
    SPECIES
    COMPETITION BETWEEN GREY AND
    RED SQUIRRELS
    KUDZU IS NOW DESTROYING FORESTS OF USA
    • Kudzu is a fast-growing vine native to Japan and Southeast China. It is
    now destroying the forests in the USA.
    NEW–
    ZEALAND
    • Before humans arrived in New-Zealand, there were no
    predatory mammals there.
    • So the birds and their eggs were completely safe,
    they used to build their nests on ground.
    • But humans brought species of animals with them
    that did not belong to New Zealand. Example - RATS
    RATS EAT BIRDS’ EGGS AND
    DEFENCELESS YOUNG BIRDS
    Farmers brought sheep, rabbits were
    brought on sailing ships. But the
    rabbits escaped and began to eat
    grass in the sheep pastures.

    So people brought stoats from


    Europe to control the rabbits.
    STOATS IN
    NEW
    ZEALAND
    HAVE SPREAD
    ALL OVER.
    STOATS ARE FIERCE HUNTERS
    AND BREED RAPIDLY.
    THEY EAT ALMOST 60% KIWI
    CHICKS
    53 SPECIES OF NATIVE BIRD
    IN NEW ZEALAND HAVE
    BECOME EXTINCT BECAUSE
    OF INTRODUCED INVASIVE
    SPECIES.

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