introduced species

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introduced species

one that does not naturally occur in the area and has been brought in accidentally or intentionally by man, for example, rabbits in Australia (introduced originally to the British Isles from Spain).
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Unusual moths from Europe including the scarce silver-striped hawk-moth and Radford's flame shoulder have been seen in recent days, along with immigrant species such as the convolvulus hawkmoth and the humming-bird hawkmoth.
Check garden ivy for rare moth species
Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): rate of movement and potential distribution of an immigrant species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 50: 81-95.
Changes in abundance of larvae and adults of Popillia japonica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) and other white grub species in Northwest Arkansas and their relation to regional temperatures
Insects found in birds' nests from the Neotropical Region (except Argentina) and immigrant species of Neotropical origin in the Nearctic Region.
Predicting geographic distributions of Phacellodomus species (Aves: Furnariidae) in South America based on ecological niche modeling/Predicao das distribuicoes geograficas das especies de Phacellodomus (Aves: Furnariidae) na America do Sul utilizando modelagem de nicho ecologico
THE number of people noticing less wildlife in their gardens has increased, but immigrant species and foxes appear to be thriving, a survey suggests.
Garden foxes thriving
Currie and graduate student Patrick Schaefer returned to Victoria Island in July, 2012, to investigate how extensively the immigrant species have colonized that island.
Where in the world are they? The who, what, and where from our international curatorial team
About 2,500 immigrant species have established themselves in Australia and this has played 'havoc with its native wildlife'.
The evil weeds
It is an immigrant species which sometimes occurs in large numbers.
WINGED MESSENGER
Typically, some 90 percent of immigrant species do no obvious harm to their new homes, says Grosholz.
Bivalve takeover: once-benign clams boom after crab influx
Because of the merits of warning fellow primates of would-be predators, the immigrant species was welcomed to the existing community.
A lesson in peace from monkeys
Occasional or infrequent immigrant species were excluded, but species were included when it seemed likely that a lack of records derived from incompleteness of information rather than actual absence.
Checklist and "Pollard Walk" butterfly survey methods on public lands
The glaciers of the last Ice Age drove our native worm species south, if they survived at all; the immigrant species arrived later on in the root balls of exotic plants and trees imported from abroad.
As the worm turns
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