Category
page 1Invasive species
invasive species
non-native organism causing damage to an established environment
Caulerpa taxifolia
species of alga
ecosystem engineer
any animal that creates, significantly modifies, maintains or destroys a habitat
genetic pollution
controversial term for uncontrolled dispersal of contaminated altered genes from genetically engineered organisms to natural organisms
adventive plant
plants that are alien to the native flora
Invasive Species Compendium
online, open access reference work covering recognition, biology, distribution, impact, and management of invasive plants and animals
hemerochory
thumb|270px|poppy|Poppies are hemerochoric plants that belong to the [[archaeophytes.]]
Hemerochory (Ancient Greek ἥμερος, hemeros: 'tame, ennobled, cultivated, cultivated' and Greek χωρίς choris: separate, isolated), or anthropochory, is the distribution of cultivated plants or their seeds and cuttings, consciously or unconsciously, by humans into an area that they could not colonize through their natural mechanisms of spread, but are able to maintain themselves without specific human help in their new habitat.
Climate change and invasive species
increase of invasive organisms caused by climate change
escaped plant
Garden plants escaping cultivation to wild
Limonium duriusculum
species of plant
biological pollution
description of how humans introduce invasive specieis and other biological organisms into an environment