It’s invasive when it’s introduced by humans and outcompetes the native inhabitants. Which disrupts naturally occurring ecosystems.
Kudzu is an example. It’s native to Asia, but it’s a fast growing vine that does very well in the climate where I live. I was told it was originally brought over to help keep soil in place after construction work. Issue is that it’s wild now, and it outcompetes basically everything else so you end up with huge swaths of just kudzu. It’s a creeping vine that will literally cover a football field of forest, and strangle every tree there to death. Which ruins that habitat for fauna- squirrels can’t navigate it properly, birds don’t have trees to nest in anymore, etc.
So, yeah, the concept of an invasive species is entirely human made because it’s a thing caused by humans.
Basically, it’s usually considered invasive when it is brought to a new place by humans, and then takes entirely too well to the new place- usually because it doesn’t have any natural predators to keep it in check.
Rothe@piefed.social 1 day ago
You would be wrong. It is an invasive species because it affects the whole ecosystem. It takes the space of plants that supports multiple species of animals and plants, which would then also die out.
How are so many people completely clueless about how eco-systems work, and just nonchalantly spout off misinformed nonsense about the subjects they are commenting about?
bellly@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
lime@feddit.nu 1 day ago
you should probably look into how the ecosystem of australia has changed through the years.