Melissa
Kaplan's
Herp Care Collection
Last updated
January 1, 2014
Ecological Damage By Invasive Species
Compiled by Melissa Kaplan
This is a collection of links to articles and sites relating to the problems caused by introduced species who colonize and take over habitat previously used by native species.
Invasion!
Ecological Society of America
Declining
Amphibian Populations
World Wildlife Fund
Mammals,
Fish, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles Suffering Major Declines
Worldwatch.org
Invasive
Species Threaten Healthy Ecosystems
Environmental News Network
Pathways
of Introduction and the Ecological and Economic Impacts of Invasive Species
and Impact of Invasive
Species
Ortepa Antifoulants
Biodiversity
and Conservation: A Hypertext Book
Peter J. Byrant, Ph.D., Cell and Developmental Biology, U.C. Irvine
Losing
Strands in the Web of Life
Worldwatch Magazine (free registration for free access
Species:
Unprecedented Extinction Rate, and It's Increasing
Simon Stuart, SSP, IUCN
Current
Biological Issues
U.S. Geological Service, National Biological Information Infrastructure
Plants
and Animals: Invasive Species
Environmental Media Service
Invasive
Species Threaten Healthy Ecosystems
CNN.uk
Exotic
Pets Blamed for Frogs' Demise
Nick Nuttall, London Times
Impact
of Invasive Species on Reptiles and Amphibians
USGS
The
Work of Nature
Yvonne Baskin, Natural History
World's
Reptile Populations Running Thin
Environmental News Network
Invasive
Species Links
Desert Museum
Global Invasive Species Database
Related Articles
Herpetoculture
and Conservation
Breck Bartholomew
Captive
Breeding as a Conservation Tool
Rob Neilson
Not available online: Case TJ and Bolger DT. The role of introduced species in shaping the distribution and abundance of island reptiles. Evolutionary Ecology, 1991, 5, 272-290.
