Indigenous Species
An introduced species alien species exotic species foreign species non indigenous species or non native species is a species living outside its native distributional range but which has arrived there by human activity either deliberate or accidental.
Indigenous species. Non native species can have various effects on the local ecosystem. A lot of australia s animals would appear to be indigenous species as they are not seen elsewhere in the wild. This may be because the organism evolved in that environment or it may have been brought there by natural causes. Hitchhiking of non indigenous species with goods transported for trade is a possible way of introducing non indigenous species.
Every wild organism as opposed to a domesticated organism has its own natural range of distribution in which it is regarded as indigenous. Planting indigenous species policy pol v00 011 oct03 doc version v00 01 page 2 11 document control. This particular marsupial is native to australia and was not introduced to the country by any type of human activity or intervention. A particular species of plant or animal may be native to a certain country but considered as indigenous only to a specific area within that country.
The plants indigenous to canada. Indigenous definition originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country. Native often followed by to. Bison they are not buffalo are native to north america.
Creator corporatename science and conservation creator personalname neville byrne date created 14 08 2003 date released 18 10 2003 date reviewed 27 08 2003 version v00 01 description the government of south australia will give priority to the planting of indigenous species. The term is equivalent to the concept of native or autochthonous species. For instance if mussel seed is transported abroad for the purpose of aquaculture other species like crabs or algae can be transported as accompanying species with the mussels. A native species is an organism that is living in an area for entirely natural reasons with no human intervention involved.
Indigenous species is an oceanic howl in your face. Jaguars to south america. According to the convention on biological diversity indigenous species is equivalent to. In biogeography a species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only natural processes with no human intervention.
An example of a native species in regards to animals is the koala.