Are there any examples of non-native species being…
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Are there any examples of non-native species being introduced and helping an ecosystem?
Hi, I'm from Hawai'i and recently learned about how Albizia trees from Indonesia were introduced here to help with erosion over 100 years ago. Eventually when the sugar cane industry collapsed, these trees invaded abandoned fields and spread rapidly throughout the islands and became an invasive species.
This is similar to how mongoose have been introduced to help stop rats eating sugar cane, but failed because rats are nocturnal and mongoose are diurnal. They became a predator of native birds, leading to the extinction of a few species.
This just made me curious, are there any examples of a species being introduced somewhere intentionally by humans and actually benefitting the environment?
#animals
Hi, I'm from Hawai'i and recently learned about how Albizia trees from Indonesia were introduced here to help with erosion over 100 years ago. Eventually when the sugar cane industry collapsed, these trees invaded abandoned fields and spread rapidly throughout the islands and became an invasive species.
This is similar to how mongoose have been introduced to help stop rats eating sugar cane, but failed because rats are nocturnal and mongoose are diurnal. They became a predator of native birds, leading to the extinction of a few species.
This just made me curious, are there any examples of a species being introduced somewhere intentionally by humans and actually benefitting the environment?
#animals
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