| Central Question: What impact can the introduction of new species have on an ecosystem? Guiding Thought Question: While working as a state forestry specialist you notice the growth of a non-native weed start growing in your conservation area. As the weed spreads further local farmers introduce non-native rabbits to the area that are known to feed on the plants to protect their crops from the encroaching weeds, but they quickly multiply and start eating other plants as well, resulting in numbers on non-native rabbits decreasing. How do you address the issue? What recommendations do you make? Today's Learning Objective: Students will analyze critical effects of the introduction of invasive species on an ecosystem and the distributions of native species by looking at case studies and acting out the introduction |  |
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24 Comments
Tyler?
10/31/2018 08:43:10 am
To address the problem of the rabbits introduce more native rabbit predators so the native species of rabbit that have already adapted to avoiding the predator and the non-native will not have adapted lowering the population of the non-native rabbits and allowing the native to flourish.
Anderson
10/31/2018 08:54:57 am
New species can break apart the foodweb, outcompete other species, and decrease biodiversity.
Erica G.
10/31/2018 08:55:54 am
The issue can be solved by getting rid of both non-native species. If the non-native rabbits and non-native plant was both similtaniously removed, the invasive problem of either species would be gone. That or supply more of the native predators that hunt the rabbits to even everything out naturally.
Vampyre Nyx
10/31/2018 09:02:49 am
The introduction of a rabbit predator should help to lower or control the bunny pop
Ferro
10/31/2018 09:04:01 am
The non-native species need to be wiped out. If the weed was wiped out then the bunnies would find another food source and if the bunnies were killed off then the weeds would just spread.
Olivia Wagner
10/31/2018 09:04:05 am
Invasive species can be detrimental to the ecosystem and they need to get rid of both invasive species. They could introduce a predator to lower the bunny population So they stop over populating
Haley E
10/31/2018 09:05:39 am
add a predator like a fox or something so that the population can be controlled
Some random guy
10/31/2018 09:05:40 am
To address the problem of the rabbits introduce more native rabbit predators so the native species of rabbit that have already adapted to avoiding the predator and the non-native will not have adapted lowering the population of the non-native rabbits and allowing the native rabbit population to flourish.
Katherine Casey
10/31/2018 09:06:04 am
Because we have non-native populations that are taking over the ecosystem we have to use native predators or hunting and trapping methods to get rid of them. If we introduce non-native animals that will only make the problem worse.
Jaksha
10/31/2018 09:07:08 am
genocide. aka kill all of the rabbits and A̸̻̘͚̹̎ͅd̶̫̬̓̃͑̓̄̔́̚͜d̶͔̳̲̫̙̥̬̳͗̍̍́̈́̑̃̚̚ ̴̫͈̺͐̅̔̀̈́a̷̧̢͍͍͉͕̜͕̭̰͗̑̒͒̋ͅ ̵̨̭̙̼̫̮͇̇̀̊͛̽̓͑̍̋͗p̷̧̻͈̺̟̭̠͉͔͚̹̞̌̈́͒͗̏͘ͅͅr̴͉̞͚̣̥̼̦͙̝̙͓̯͍̥͛̎̐̈́̿͌̀ę̸͎̬̘̭̍͒̈́̑̎̋̀̾͐̽̍͌̌̏͘ͅḍ̵͑̏̀̽̅̃̄̒̽̕͘a̶̢̨̧̭̼̠̹͕͚̲̞͔͓̲͒̄̈́͛̿̍̇̂͝t̸̻̟͚̬̦̳̜͌͋̚o̴̡̹̰̺̦͙̯͍̜̤͕͊̾̀̅̍͆̃̋̌̈͗́͘r̵̨̥̺͍͙̥͚͗̌̂̄̆͌̋͘͝ ̷̜̭̮͚͇̤̣͐͗̊̔̉͆͆̒̕͜͝ț̶̢̦̣̯͍̞̭̹̘̂͗͒̇̊̒̋̌̆͑͒̚͘ṍ̸̫̅́̈́̒̚̕ ̶̛͈̙͖̗̗̲͍̰̻͉̭ṱ̶̢̨͓̪͚͉̪̰̱̉̔̓̄̐̿̑̍̕͝h̵̬̽͌̆͐̃̔̕ẻ̵̬͍̮́͐ ̵̛̬̈́͒̄͑̓̔͌͂̐̕ȩ̵͍̗̹̻̱̮̪̜̔̿̾̈́̈͆̿̀̉̀̕͝͝͝͠n̶̻̥̈́͆̄͐̈́̒̂̌͊͘v̵̠͎̙̤̩̤̰͎͐͌̌͗͌̃͒͌̂͌̾͌͠͝i̷̧̻͉̙̠͈̣̠̗͓̍͗̇͌͜ŗ̸̣͉̦̮̤͙̦͕͇̦̫͙̋̀̐͋̀̀o̵̞̰̥͑̂̿̈́̐̈́͑̽̊̚͠͠͝ṅ̸͔͖͗͂̎̂̒̽̐̽m̷̢̼͖̦̲͚̻̠̬̪̣̳͚̀̈̈́̀̉̾̑͊͛́̃̌̿͜ȩ̸̛͎͎̗͉̤̪̪̩͇̠͙͓ͅņ̵̧̥̯̠̻̻̩̖̣̺̠͕̂̃͌t̸̛̝̹̤̩͚̯̗͎͇̭͆͆͂̎̍͠ ̵̢̦̲̘̳͉̭̜̌̀̒̎̍̂̾͌̆ẗ̷̢̳̰͉̘͕̝̝̙͕̟̲͒̈́͆̈̑͒̽̿́̀͐͂ȟ̸̺̜̙͙̦͓̜̱̻́̊̽à̸̢̧͍͍̹͙̀̿͌͐̆͌͝t̶̨̗̜̪͔͔̂̈́̀ͅ ̵̢̪̼̍͆͜ẇ̸̨̢̻̣̭̞͐̎͌́̽̉̐͘͜͠͝ï̸̭͕̝͍͖̰̫̟̋̑͆̓̄͌͛͆̎̈́͆͗͠͠l̵̛̰̼̋̌̑͐͊̑̓͝͠͠
Myo Ka Zin Soe
10/31/2018 09:08:21 am
I would introduce the predators fo rabbits to take care of the over population. The introduction of the predators would help decrease the over population and they would help balance the environment(?)
Jaksha
10/31/2018 09:08:36 am
the rabbits should have a predator introduced into the environment and naturally eradicate both the rabbits and weeds
Tyrece Griggs
10/31/2018 09:09:51 am
Bring in predators that feed on the rabbits
Hannah
10/31/2018 09:15:20 am
Some recommendations for getting rid of the non-native species would be trapping, using native predators, and hunting. If both non-native species are 'killed off,' then it will no longer be a problem. The town or state that someone's in, they can have scheduled times between seasons where hunters can hunt the bunnies. They can only have a limit of how many rabbits they can hunt a season. Just like how we have the same thing with how we hunt deer ad other animals in Nebraska.
Hunter Danner
10/31/2018 09:20:14 am
They could have a season where people could hunt the non native rabbits or release some predator to make the populations go down
Maddy (Insert whatever Mr. T feels like saying)
11/1/2018 12:26:56 pm
introduce more native predators and kill plants with chemicals
palmer
11/1/2018 12:27:04 pm
Controlled burning to revamp the natural flora and fauna.
Bailey
11/1/2018 12:28:35 pm
Add a predator to decrease the number of rabbits.
Kinlee
11/1/2018 12:29:30 pm
add a predator to keep most of them away or just get rid of the weeds as best as possible and put up fences
Lloyd Jessica
11/1/2018 12:30:40 pm
Address to the public and to the source of cause. Also, add a predator that's native
Parks
11/1/2018 12:30:45 pm
Introducing a natural predator that will keep the non-native species in control to avoid even more overpopulation and to avoid bringing even more non native species to the area.
takiyah
11/1/2018 12:30:54 pm
add a predator
Deja
11/1/2018 12:31:47 pm
To resolve the problem you could introduce more native predators or remove the species. Leave a Reply. |
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