Mundo: Invasoras nas notícias
Regularmente vemos artigos sobre invasoras nas notícias, mas nem sempre temos oportunidade de as partilhar. Ficam aqui alguns dos que nos chamaram a atenção.
Javalis argentinos estão a ajudar à disseminação de pinheiros invasores.
Boars aid invasion of pine trees
On an island in Argentina, wild boars love to grub for underground fungi. By distributing the fungal spores in their feces, scientists say, these non-native animals are helping invasive pine trees thrive.
Em Portugal, as azedas estão na ordem do dia
A couve-galega não gosta da nova forma de reprodução das azedas
Por que razão o novo mecanismo de reprodução da azeda na Península Ibérica pode ser um problema? “Permite cruzamentos com outros indivíduos, o que aumenta a diversidade genética desta espécie nesta área. O aumento da diversidade genética gerada pela nova via de reprodução combina características que podem tornar as plantas mais agressivas e danosas para o ecossistema”, referem João Loureiro e Sílvia Castro, investigadores do Centro de Ecologia Funcional da Universidade de Coimbra.
O visão europeu e o seu primo americano
El visón europeo y su primo peligroso
El visón europeo (mustela nutreola) no es tan popular como el lince ibérico, pero también está en serios apuros. Se estima que quedan unos 600 ejemplares en la península de este pequeño mamífero semiacuático que vive en las riberas de los ríos y se alimenta especialmente de peces, ranas, cangrejos y ratas de agua. Resulta que su mayor amenaza se encuentra entre su parentela: el visón americano (neovison vison). El primo americano es una especie exótica invasora que afecta negativamente a todo hábitat en el que se establece. En varios países europeos se ha podido constatar que cuando hay competencia entre las dos especies siempre sale beneficiada la americana.
3 em 1 – Vespas gigantes, aranhas venenosas e aquecimento global
Thank you global warming: Giant hornets are killing dozens in China and eating bees across Europe.
A plague of hornets, each the size of a human thumb, have descended on Shaanxi province this summer—at least 28 have been stung to death (link in Chinese), while another 419 have been injured(…).
Global warming is helping spread venomous spiders all over the UK and Ireland
As global warming makes more parts of the world hospitable to more creatures, humans are struggling to adjust. Some are having a harder time than others. Take a secondary school in Gloucestershire county of the UK that had to close down today due to an infestation of Britain’s most venomous spider.
Nas Galápagos, os tentilhões de Darwin estão a ser ameaçados por uma mosca invasora
In Galápagos, An Insidious Threat to Darwin’s Finches
The birds that have come to be known as Darwin’s finches have long intrigued students of evolution. But now a parasitic fly introduced to the Galápagos Islands is threatening the future of one or more of these iconic finch species.
Mais espécies invasoras na China
Over 500 invasive species take root in China
Twenty invasive species that are threatening China’s agriculture include Western flower thrips, silverleaf whiteflies and American serpentine leaf miners. The number of species is growing every year, Wan said.
The species seriously damage China’s agriculture, international trade, ecology, animals and people, said Zhou Changyong, vice president of the Chongqing-based Southwest University. Thirteen of the species which have invaded farms and forests cause direct economic losses of 57 billion yuan (US$9.4 billion) every year.
Novas estratégias de combate a invasoras precisam-se
New strategies needed for control of weeds and pests
Dubbing pesticide-resistant chickweed as “the Scottish curse”, he noted that two mutations of the weed had been identified — the most common being resistant to sulfonurea weedkillers.
“The problem with resistance is the harder you look, the more you find,” Mr Cussans added.
Poppies, attractive as they are in small numbers, were also proving hard to control in some cases.
Espécies invasoras na Antártica
Espèces invasives en Antarctique : une étude évalue l’impact des visiteurs
Une équipe internationale de scientifiques a publié, dans le journal PNAS, une étude sur le rôle des visiteurs dans le transport et l’introduction accidentelle de graines lors de leur voyage en Ant…
06/03/2012 – Lire l’actu © Actu-Environnement
Vale a pena visitar o Wall Street Journal e ver alguns dos artigos sobre espécies invasoras que eles publicam. Destacamos este video, sobre um piquenique de invasoras.
Grilling Up Feral Pig in Oregon
Etiquetas:antartica, aranhas, artigos, digest, invasoras, javalis, media, notícias, vespasFrom feral-pig bratwurst to bull frog, invasive species were on the menu at a recent cook-off in Philomath, Oregon. The aim: to rid the state of invasive plants and animals.