NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -(Gonzalez) The ability to have multiple offspring and reproduce quickly grants them the ability to establish large number of their species and gives them a better chance to dominate their environment and survive.

Detailed explanation-2: -To be invasive, a species must adapt to the new area easily. It must reproduce quickly. It must harm property, the economy, or the native plants and animals of the region.

Detailed explanation-3: -Invasive species are often successful in their new ecosystems because they can reproduce and grow rapidly, or because their new environment lacks any natural predators or pests.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most common characteristics of invasive species are rapid reproduction and growth, high dispersal ability, ability to survive on various food types, and in a wide range of environmental conditions and the ability to adapt physiologically to new conditions, called phenotypic plasticity.

Detailed explanation-5: -When a species is introduced into a habitat that is not its natural ecosystem, the species could become “invasive.” Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an “invasive” species? Invasive species never have negative effects on a new habitat’s biodiversity.