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Overexploitation Tokyo Tuna Market
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Pet and Garden Market
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Gray Parrots in Smuggler’s Crate
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Tropical Fish for Aquarium Trade
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Cactus Market
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Saguaro Cactus
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Consequences of Overexploitation 1.Population Effects - Reduction in population size - Age structure - Sex ratio - Genetic structure 2. Ecosystem Effects
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Age Structure: A – fish in typical population B – fish taken by fishing
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Sex Ratios – The Fisher
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Fisher Distribution
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Genetic Structure – Coho Salmon
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Ecosystem Structure – Loss of Large Trees
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Giant Redwood
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Redwood Forest in the Air
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Planting Sequoias
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Ecosystem Structure – Loss of Snags
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Loss of Keystone Species - Sea Otter with Sea Urchin
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Loss of Keystone Species - Glyptodont
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Exotic Species
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Mrs. Black Horse, Cheyenne Nation, and dog travois
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American Chestnut
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Cracking From Chestnut Blight
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Exotic Species Conservation biologists typically call introduced species “exotic species” - species which live outside their natural range Botanists typically refer to exotic plants as alien species Other terms you may see include biological invaders, introduced species, invasive species, non-indigenous species, non-native species (my preferred term)
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How Do Exotic Species Get Dispersed? 1. Stowaways 2. Subsistence and Commerce 3.Recreation 4.Whimsy or aesthetics 5.Science 6.Biological Control
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Norway Rat as ship rat
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Earthworms and pre-exotic distribution
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Cars transport seeds via mud stuck to car
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Ballast Water Discharge
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Commerce and Subsistence
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Monterey Pine
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Blue Gum Eucalyptus
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Feral Pig - Florida
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Bighead Carp
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Carp Jumping
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Recreation - Brown Trout
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Ring-necked Pheasant
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Chukar
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Red Deer – New Zealand
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Whimsy or Aesthetics – European Starling
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House Sparrow
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Exotic plants in New Zealand Native flora of 2065 species 24,774 documented introduced alien species About 2200 exotics have become established (naturalized)
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Multiflora Rose
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Tree of Heaven - Ailanthus Light blue – counties where Ailanthus is present
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Scotch Broom
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Walking Catfish
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Cherry Headed Conures in San Francisco
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Monk Parrots – Chicago, Harold Washington Park and Hyde Park
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Science - Gypsy Moth
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Africanized Honey Bees
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Movement of Africanized Honey Bees
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Biocontrol
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Klamath Weed – aka – St. John’s Wort
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Chrysolina beetle
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Prickly Pear Hedge - Tunisia
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Prickly pear in Australia – before control
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Cactoblastis cactorum
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Prickly pear – same location after control
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Red Fox - Australia With native Bobuck possum
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Red fox - Australia
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