Invasive Species Research Paper

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Invasive species is a problem in today's world in everything from land,to sea and even in your backyard. This problem has been going on for some time now and making the ecosystem fall out of balance. One might not even know how to help. Invasive species create ecological and economic problems,but the average person can eliminate these problems. Invasive species posse a threat to the ecosystem ,how one might ask well in the passage Invader alert it says “In the florida everglades the burmese python is original a pet that either escaped or was let loose this is a problem because the pythons eat birds and mammals that are prey for other Everglade species”. This is a problem because the burmese pythons are eating other animals food so when one animal eats other animals food the system gets disrupted making it hard to get back in order. If this burmese python where to eat all of the other animals food sources they would go extinct resulting in an ecosystem distortion”.In the passage Invaders among Us says “ The plant Kudzu can grow up to a foot a day covers anything in its path and kills other plants by blocking sunlight. In addition is also been known to break …show more content…

In the world species invasions harm the ecosystem and people have to fix these problem so they does not get worse.So how does invasive species affect economic well-being in the passage Invader Alert it says “It was estimated that Kudzu covered seven million acres of land and cost utility companies $1.5 million a year just to remove it from the power lines”. That is hard to imagine plants knocking down buildings and resting on power lines. That is not even the worst part the cost is the biggest thing here that it costed over $1 million dallors. In the passage invaders among us claim that invasive species can cost millions of doalars in repair and mangement costs. But you can hekp in many

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