ECOLOGY
BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION
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A native (naturally found) species which are added to an area.
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A non-native (not naturally found) species added to an area.
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A keystone species in an environment
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -invasive species, also called introduced species, alien species, or exotic species, any nonnative species that significantly modifies or disrupts the ecosystems it colonizes. Such species may arrive in new areas through natural migration, but they are often introduced by the activities of other species.
Detailed explanation-2: -The National Park Service defines a invasive species as non-native species that causes harm to the environment, economy, or human, animal, or plant health (Executive Order 13751).
Detailed explanation-3: -An organism that harms the ecology or the economy in a new habitat where it is not native is referred to as an invasive species.
Detailed explanation-4: -An invasive species is an organism that is not indigenous, or native, to a particular area. Invasive species can cause great economic and environmental harm to the new area. Not all non-native species are invasive.
Detailed explanation-5: -An invasive species is an introduced, nonnative organism (disease, parasite, plant, or animal) that begins to spread or expand its range from the site of its original introduction and that has the potential to cause harm to the environment, the economy, or to human health.