INVASIVE ALIENS

Environmental & Community Biology 1h

Web-based investigative project

Invasive Aliens

Procedure:

Pick any topic from the table below, and

As a starting point, you might like to read the excellent article by Chris Bright of the Worldwatch organisation:

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/Deadline/Bioinvasion/articles/Bright.htm

Another overview (of invasive species in North America) is also helpful and of general interest:

http://www.invasivespecies.gov/

Other general references:

(1) Non-indigenous species (U.S. Government): http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/ns112.htm

(2) Biotic Invasions: Issues in Ecology http://esa.sdsc.edu/issues5.htm.

(3) Invasive species list http://pcb2441.ifas.ufl.edu/list%20of%20species.htm

(4) Marine and Environmental Education and Research: http://www.meer.org/chap7.htm

Organism	Problem	Starter reference
Sycamore	in UK	http://members.tripod.co.uk/WoodyPlantEcology/sycamore/sycamore.htm
Phytophthora	Sudden oak death in California	http://himalaya.cnr.berkeley.edu/oaks/http://phytosphere.com/tanoak.html
Grey squirrels	Introduced to UK, and British Columbia	http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~skellern/pests%20diseases/pd_squirrel.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/zoology/research/squirrel/background.html
Giant hogweed	In UK, USA	http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/weeds/aqua012.html http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/s-enviro/viewpoints/2biodiversity/1f-water-eco/2-1-5.html
Water hyacinth	Tropical waters	http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/weeds/hyacinth.html
Dutch elm disease	UK and Europe	http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/isaeurope/UKDutchElm.html
Japanese knotweed	Britain, Europe and USA	http://www.cabi.org/BIOSCIENCE/japanese_knotweed_alliance.htm http://www.magi.com/~ehaber/factbamb.html
Oxford ragwort	UK, USA	http://pi.cdfa.ca.gov/weedinfo/SENECIO2.html
Red brome	USA	http://www.werc.usgs.gov/invasivespecies/sonorangrassfire.html
Cheatgrass brome	USA	http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/bromtect.html
Sika deer	UK	http://www.bigcats.org/esa/sika.html
Cane toad	Australia	http://www.altgreen.com.au/Wildlife/qm_cane_toads.html
Cockroach control	USA and elsewhere	http://pested.unl.edu/cocktoc.htm
Rosebay willow herb	UK	http://www.durham.gov.uk/DurhamCC/usp.nsf/web/pages http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/earth/state_planet/intro.shtml
Tamarix	US waterways	http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/tama1.htm
Himalayan balsam	UK	http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/s-enviro/viewpoints/2biodiversity/1f-water-eco/2-1-5.html http://website.lineone.net/~f.lyczynska/Intro/Ev/sechim.htm
Oilseed rape	Naturalisation in Europe	http://www.bats.ch/data/english/k3a35.htm http://www.environment.detr.gov.uk/acre/pgs/09.htm
Rhododendron ponticum	UK	http://www.bonskeid.freeuk.com/conserve/rhodo.html
Rose-apple	Pitcairn Islands	http://members.tripod.co.uk/WoodyPlantEcology/pitcairn/syzygium.htm
European rabbit	Australia	http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/agency/pubns/infonote/infonotes/rabbit_biology.html
Rabbit calicivirus	Australia	http://www.csiro.au/communication/rabbits/rabbits.htm
Myxomatosis	Australia, Europe	http://www.rguppy.freeserve.co.uk/myxomatosis%20fact%20sheet.htm
N. American muskrats	Russia	http://www.net-link.net/~vaneselk/muskrat/other.htm
Prickly pear	Australia	http://www.bio.net//hypermail/TROPICAL-BIOLOGY/trop-bio.199704/0021.html http://www.aber.ac.uk/~ieswww/cti-g/STMALTA/ppear/intro.html http://pest.cabweb.org/Journals/BNI/BNI20-4/Gennews.htm
Cactus moth	For prickly pear, Australia	http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~insect/bfly/cactus_moth.htm
European carp	In USA	http://www.meer.org/chap7.htm
European starlings	Introduced to USA	http://www.state.tn.us/environment/tn_consv/starlings.htm
West Nile fever	USA	http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol6no4/rappole.htm
West Nile fever	Europe	http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/hubalek.htm
Black rat	Worldwide	http://biology.usgs.gov/pierc/PLLindseyPredator1.htm
Brown rat	Worldwide	http://helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/icapb/collection/museum/html/blbrat.htm
Zebra mussel	Ports and estuaries worldwide	http://nas.er.usgs.gov/zebra.mussel/docs/sp_account.html
Sea lamprey	N. American Great Lakes	http://www.glfc.org/lampcon.htm http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/gl129.htm
Brushtail Possum	New Zealand	http://www.uoguelph.ca/~jjarolim/lit.html
HIV and AIDS History of the epidemic	A model for future epidemics?	http://www.avert.org/his81_86.htm for modern information see: http://www.worldwatch.org/chairman/issue/001031.html
Kudzu vine	Southeastern USA	http://www.gaeppc.org/html/kudzu.html http://www.invasivespecies.gov/profiles/kudzu.shtml
Melaleuca	Florida everglades	http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/melainv.html
Rinderpest (eradication of)	Africa	http://www.fao.org/NEWS/2000/000607-e.htm
Bovine TB	Kruger Park, S. Africa	http://www.parks-sa.co.za/media_releases/bovinetb.htm
Cholera in the Americas	Controlling the spread	http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol1no4/tauxe.htm
brucellosis	Elk and bison, USA	http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309059895?OpenDocument
Poultry disease	Antarctic penguins	http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/ps/97/mc14may97.html http://www.newscientist.com/ns/980905/nplague.html
Plague	Prairie dogs, USA	http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/plague000905.html http://www.ci.boulder.co.us/openspace/wildlife/plague.htm
Swine fever	Britain	http://www.maff.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/stats/csf/default.htm
Multidrug resistant Tuberculosis	Britain (and worldwide)	http://www.who.int/gtb/ http://www.findarticles.com/m0999/1998_Nov_7/53279979/p1/article.jhtml
Potato blight control	Potato crops	http://unisci.com/stories/20001/0324002.htm http://www.cropinfo.net/Potatoblight.htm
Chestnut blight	USA	http://www.uoguelph.ca/~chestnut/chestnut_blight.htm http://www.ppws.vt.edu/griffin/blight.html
Africanized killer bees	S. America, USA	http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/sep/stories/kbees.html
Exotic acacias	Africa and elsewhere	http://members.tripod.co.uk/WoodyPlantEcology/docs/web-sp1.htm
Exotic eucalypts	Africa and elsewhere	http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/eucaglob.html
Russian olive	USA	http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/elan1.htm
Alang-alang grass	Philippines, USA and elsewhere	http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/impcyl.html
Gypsy moth	Oaks in North America	http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/morgantown/4557/gmoth/
European wasp	New Zealand	http://www.landcare.cri.nz/science/wasps/
Phytophthora cinnamomi	Australia	http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/veg/phytop/impact.html
Nile perch	African great lakes	http://www.gisl.co.uk/Megapesca/nileperch.html
Genetically engineered Atlantic salmon	UK	http://www.purefood.org/ge/550lbfish.cfm http://www.bluefish.org/franken.htm http://www.ucsusa.org/Gene/su98.fishy.html
Brown trout	Worldwide	http://www.meer.org/chap7.htm
Trout furunculosis disease	USA and elsewhere	http://www.affa.gov.au/docs/animalplanthealth/aquatic/furunculosis/intro.html
Tilapia	Philippines and elsewhere	http://www.american.edu/ted/TILAPIA.HTM
Bullfrogs	N. America	http://www.werc.usgs.gov/cc/invasive/toad-frog.html
Mosquitoes: avian pox, avian malaria	Hawaii	http://www.fonz.org/zoogoer/zg1995/honeycreepers.htm
Dengue fever	Tropics	http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/dhfacts.htm
Rosy wolfsnail	USA, Hawaiian islands	http://consci.tnc.org/library/pubs/dd/snail.html
Koster's curse	Hawaiian islands	http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/clidhirt.html http://www.hawaiiag.org/hdoa/pi_ppc_bioprob.htm
Fire tree	Hawaiian islands	http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/myfa1.htm
Saving the Hawaiian goose		http://www.wwt.org.uk/threatsp/
Banana poka (vine)	Hawaiian islands	http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/gardner/biocontrol/banana%20poka/passiflora.htm
Brown tree snake	Guam	http://www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9807/07/snakes/ http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/noframe/x181.htm
Alligator weed	Australia, USA	http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/alligat.html
Clematis vitalba	New Zealand	http://www.boprc.govt.nz/www/green/weed87.htm
New Zealand flatworm	UK	http://www.spud.co.uk/external/Producer/agronomy/pests/nzflat.htm http://www.hdra.org.uk/factsheets/pc21.htm
Honey bee mite	Worldwide	http://www.apis.admin.ch/english/Themes/Varroa.htm http://www.iacr.bbsrc.ac.uk/res/depts/entnem/varrhub/tvarrhub.html
The Hawaiian wildlife disaster		http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/pi179.htm#85007 http://www.fonz.org/zoogoer/zg1995/honeycreepers.htm
Karnal bunt	India, USA	http://www.gacaps.org/pests/kbfact.html http://www.gacaps.org/pests/kb.html
Miconia	French polynesia and elsewhere	http://www.hear.org/MiconiaInHawaii/
Little fire ant	Galapagos Islands	http://www.acusd.edu/~tmcglynn/exotic/species/Wasmannia_auropunctata.htm
Lantana camera	Galapagos Islands and elsewhere	http://members.tripod.co.uk/WoodyPlantEcology/docs/web-sp6.htm
Brambles (Rubus spp)	Galapagos Islands	http://www.hear.org/pier/rubsp.htm
Argentine ant	Cape area. South Africa	http://www.museums.org.za/bio/ants/linepithema_humile.htm
Rubber vine	Northern Australia	http://savanna.ntu.edu.au/research/projects/firubb.html
Exotic fish	California. Extinctions of native species	http://www.nanfa.org/articles/ACsanj.htm
European green crab	USA	http://www.wsg.washington.edu/outreach/mas/aquaculture/crab.html
Chinese mitten crab	USA. Hosts a lung fluke of humans	http://www.delta.dfg.ca.gov/mittencrab/life_hist.html
Asian clam	San Francisco Bay	http://www.wa.gov.au/westfish/hab/broc/marineinvader/marine08.html#05
Ballast water invaders	many examples	http://www.ortepa.org/pages/ei19pt5.htm http://www.ortepa.org/pages/ei19.htm
Caulerpa - "rogue algae"	Mediterranean	http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc98/7_4_98/bob1.htm
Mediterranean fan worm	Australia	http://www.wa.gov.au/westfish/hab/broc/marineinvader/marine09.html
Leidy's comb jelly	Caspian. Black Sea	http://unisci.com/stories/20004/1020002.htm http://www.imagequest3d.com/pages/general/news/blackseajellies/blackseajellies.htm
Salvinia		http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/alert/alrtsalv.html http://www.wapms.org/plants/salvinia.html
Malaria control	Arguments for / against DDT	http://www.drkoop.com/news/focus/march/ddt_malaria.html http://www.informinc.co.uk/LM/LM119/LM119_Malaria.html
Purple loosestrife	USA wetlands	http://www.wapms.org/plants/purpleloosestrife.html

Invasive Aliens pages on the ECB web:
Invasive alien investigative project list
Sycamore	Himalayan balsam	Oxford ragwort
Japanese knotweed	Giant hogweed

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