How do invasive species affect native bird biodiversity? by maddy https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r CER en-us 2018-10-18 19:53:57 UTC 2025-11-05 16:58:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Claim 368593 https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/294596115 Invasive species can affect native bird biodiversity. If the invasive species is a predator, the bird population would most likely decrease.]]> 2018-10-18 20:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/294596115 Evidence 368593 https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/294598512 "Introduced species have been the primary driver of documented bird extinctions. They are implicated in the decline of more than half of all threatened bird species."  https://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/programmes/invasive-alien-species

]]> 2018-10-18 20:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/294598512 Evidence https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/294602759 "In the last 500 years, species like rats, cats and mice have driven more than 70 bird species to extinction." https://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/programmes/invasive-alien-species]]> 2018-10-18 20:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/294602759 Reasoning 368593 https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/294996556 Invasive predators species can overpower native bird populations, by consuming a majority of their food source or just ultimately killing the birds. ]]> 2018-10-19 19:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/294996556 An invasive alien mink is preying on a native bird. 368593 https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/294999511 2018-10-19 19:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/294999511 A snake eating a bird. 368593 https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/295001035 2018-10-19 20:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/295001035 Evidence https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/295001723 Birds...are important for pollination, spreading seeds around the forest and controlling insects that feed on plants...Before introduction of the brown tree snake, Guam had 12 species of native forest birds. Today 10 of those are extinct on Guam, and the other two species have fewer than 200 individuals. http://www.washington.edu/news/2008/08/21/brown-tree-snake-could-mean-guam-will-lose-more-than-its-birds-2/]]> 2018-10-19 20:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/295001723 Reasoning 368593 https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/295002051 Without the bird in the habitat, a whole habitat can "shrink."  The birds allow for pollination by spreading seeds. ]]> 2018-10-19 20:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/295002051 Some rat species are invasive, along with cats and mice. 368593 https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/296585365 2018-10-24 17:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/368593/o0ayvfdvdu6r/wish/296585365