BIOL367 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Tasmanian Devil, Pterois, Habitat Destruction

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Biology (Biological Sciences)
• Course: BIOL367
• Professor: Colleen St Clair

Document Summary

Species has evolved to be alone and not have any threats. European settlement in the southern corner of australia. Zebra mussels are invasive species problem in the great lake\ Also eats all the other fish in the caribbean. Estimated to cost the gov"t a huge amount of money. Dandelions are an invasive species that are slightly native Are now invasive because of the fragmented forests. Do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e the i(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity they had (cid:271)efore so are getti(cid:374)g diseases they ha(cid:448)e (cid:374)e(cid:448)er had. Tasmanian devil have facial tumours which are super transmissible. No one really debates that climate change is real. Loss of biodiversity is most likely to occur where there is extensive habitat loss.