biology

List of introduced species

List of introduced species is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of introduced species rather than just read about it. In short: A complete list of introduced species for even quite small areas of the world would be dauntingly long. Humans have introduced more different species to new environments than any single document can record.

Key takeaways

List of introduced species belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect List of introduced species to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of List of introduced species from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

A complete list of introduced species for even quite small areas of the world would be dauntingly long. Humans have introduced more different species to new environments than any single document can record. This list is generally for established species with truly wild populations— not kept domestically, that have been seen numerous times, and have breeding populations. While most introduced species can cause a negative impact to new environments they reach, some can have a positive impact, just for conservation purpose.

Antarctica

Insects Eretmoptera murphyi (midge) on Signy Island

Australia

Mammals Platypus in Kangaroo Island Koala in South Australia Tasmanian devil in New South Wales (reintroduced) Water buffalo Cattle (cows) Sheep Pig Dromedary Red deer from Europe Fallow deer from Europe Chital Indian hog deer Javan rusa Sambar deer Donkey Brumby Banteng Goat Brown hare Red fox Dog Cat House mouse Northern palm squirrel - established in Perth European rabbit from Europe Rats Black rat Brown rat

Birds Acridotheres tristis (common myna) Alauda arvensis (Eurasian skylark) Anas platyrhynchos (mallard) Cacatua galerita (sulphur-crested cockatoo) - Western Australia from east Australia Cacatua tenuirostris (long-billed corella) - to coastal areas from inland Callipepla californica (California quail) Carduelis carduelis (European goldfinch) Cereopsis novaehollandiae (Cape Barren goose) - reintroduced onto Australian islands Chloris chloris (European greenfinch) Cygnus olor (mute swan) Dacelo novaeguineae (laughing kookaburra) - artificially expanded range Dromaius novaehollandiae (emu) - reintroduced onto Australian islands Columba livia (feral pigeon) Australian brushturkey in Kangaroo Island Gallus gallus (red junglefowl) Gallus varius (green junglefowl) on Cocos (Keeling) Islands Padda oryzivora (Java sparrow) - Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island Lonchura punctulata (nutmeg mannikin) Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey) Menura novaehollandiae (superb lyrebird) - Tasmania from mainland Numida meleagris (helmeted guineafowl) Passer domesticus (house sparrow) Passer montanus (Eurasian tree sparrow) Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl) Phasianus colchicus (common pheasant) Pycnonotus jocosus (red-whiskered bulbul) Spilopelia chinensis (spotted dove) Spilopelia senegalensis (laughing dove) Struthio camelus (ostrich) Sturnus vulgaris (common starling) Gang-gang cockatoo in Kangaroo Island Trichoglossus moluccanus (rainbow lorikeet) – to Western Australia from east Australia Turdus merula (Eurasian blackbird) Turdus philomelos (song thrush) Tyto novaehollandiae (Australian masked owl) - Lord Howe Island from mainland Zosterops natalis (Christmas white-eye) - Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Fish Acanthogobius flavimanus Asian carp Astronotus ocellatus (oscar) Brook trout Brown trout Chameleon goby Common carp Common roach Eastern mosquitofish European perch Goldfish Green swordtail Jack Dempsey Mozambique tilapia Convict cichlid Pearl cichlid Pelmatolapia mariae (spotted tilapia) Pond loach Rainbow trout Rosy barb Rudd Southern platyfish/Variatus platy Tench White Cloud Mountain minnow Siamese fighting fish

Reptiles House gecko Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider)

Amphibians Cane toad

Arthropods Argentine ant Black Portuguese millipede Western honeybee Red imported fire ant from South America via North America Yellow crazy ant Pharaoh ant European wasp Silverleaf whitefly Carcinus maenas Paratrechina Longicornis (Longhorn crazy ant) Apis Cerana (Eastern Honey Bee) Aedes albopictus (tiger mosquito) Aethina tumida (small hive beetle) Aphis spiraecola (green citrus aphid) Bactrocera cucurbitae (melon fly) Bruchophagus roddi (alfalfa seed chalcid) Cerataphis lataniae (palm aphid) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) Corythucha ciliata (sycamore lace bug) Cryptotermes brevis (West Indian drywood termite) Diuraphis noxia (Russian wheat aphid) Forficula auricularia (common earwig) Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips) Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle) Idioscopus nitidulus (mango leafhopper) Maconellicoccus hirsutus (hibiscus mealybug) Pheidole megacephala (coastal brown ant) Phylacteophaga froggatti (leafblister sawfly) Pineus pini (pine adelgid) Sitobion miscanthi (Indian grain aphid) Solenopsis geminata (ginger ant) Spodoptera litura (Oriental leafworm moth) Tapinoma melanocephalum (ghost ant) Tremex fuscicornis (tremex wasp) Trichomyrmex destructor (destructive trailing ant) Vespula vulgaris (common wasp) Wasmannia auropunctata (electric ant) Xanthogaleruca luteola (elm-leaf beetle) Xyleborinus saxesenii (fruit-tree pinhole borer)

Molluscs Asian trampsnail Cernuella virgata Cochlicella acuta Cochlicella barbara Cornu aspersum Maoricolpus roseus Theba pisana Deroceras invadens (tramp slug) Deroceras laeve (marsh slug) Arcuatula senhousia Pacific oyster Perna viridis

Echinoderms Northern Pacific seastar

Worms Sabella spallanzanii

Plants Around 15% of Australia's flora is made up of introduced species. The following is a non-inclusive list of some of the more significant plant species. Bridal creeper Purple viper's-bugloss (locally nicknamed "patterson's curse") Koster's curse – Clidemia hirta Cotton thistle Lantana Bitou bush Monterey pine (established from forestry plantations) Cestrum nocturnum

British Isles and other European islands

Further information can be found at the GB non-native species secretariat, which has a free tool kit of resources on non-native species, including a photo gallery, ID sheets, risk assessments, projects database, case studies and resources for local action groups.

… excerpt ends here. Continue reading the full article.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with List of introduced species

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what List of introduced species claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to List of introduced species before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of introduced species ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of introduced species

In research: List of introduced species appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of introduced species in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of introduced species is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Lists of introduced species, Taxonomic lists (species), so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for List of introduced species outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

Ask Teacher Smith questions about this articleOpens your AI tutor with a question about “List of introduced species” →

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study List of introduced species in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what List of introduced species means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain List of introduced species out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is List of introduced species in simple terms?

Why does List of introduced species matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study List of introduced species?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on List of introduced species.