Invasive Species Effect
This article is about how human impact influences fire ant invasion the and how it changes the environment in which they thrive. Human disturbance effect many parts of the environment and when research is conducted it is difficult to conclude if the disturbance was caused by humans or biological invasion. In this research experiment, the researchers show human effect is projective negatively on the invasive fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. They took factors of human activity which was mowing and plowing of land. They looked at the impact of human activity and its relation to invasive species. The habits being destroyed and the invasion of foreign species alternates the ecosystem is based on 3 factors. The first when invasive species arise, the
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The area used for the experiment was located in northern Florida the Apalachicola National Forest, a pine flat wood ecosystem. In this ecosystem the ant do not live in however, after human disturbance they colonize here. This ant is listed as the 100 worst invasive species in the world. The ant is a threat to many native species habitats. This is cause by the ant has the dominance over the native species by its behavior and competitively, do not get attacked by the natural enemy of the native species, and have access to the limited resources available there. However, it is uncommon for competition to happen in ant communities. The methods and results used depicts and the survive or lost of the ant species based on plowing or …show more content…
This experiment took place over a period of 3 years. The plot were all 40X40 with a 7.5 buffer that was plowed and mowed. Plots that were disturbed was mowed twice per year. The fire ant were visually counted 3 times per year on all plots. A line charts were used to depict the data. The results depicted the fire ants survived better in non-controlled plots. They also survived better in disturbance plots in large numbers. Both treatments had negative impact on the fir ants even when they were absence. This research has led me to ask a question and see the significance of this research. Based on the disturbances of human activity does pesticides humans use to control crops have a negative impact on this species of fire ant? Research is important to the broader discipline because its findings can be used for other research involving a related species such as a the species found terrestrial and aquatic environment in this
The area used for the experiment was located in northern Florida the Apalachicola National Forest, a pine flat wood ecosystem. In this ecosystem the ant do not live in however, after human disturbance they colonize here. This ant is listed as the 100 worst invasive species in the world. The ant is a threat to many native species habitats. This is cause by the ant has the dominance over the native species by its behavior and competitively, do not get attacked by the natural enemy of the native species, and have access to the limited resources available there. However, it is uncommon for competition to happen in ant communities. The methods and results used depicts and the survive or lost of the ant species based on plowing or …show more content…
This experiment took place over a period of 3 years. The plot were all 40X40 with a 7.5 buffer that was plowed and mowed. Plots that were disturbed was mowed twice per year. The fire ant were visually counted 3 times per year on all plots. A line charts were used to depict the data. The results depicted the fire ants survived better in non-controlled plots. They also survived better in disturbance plots in large numbers. Both treatments had negative impact on the fir ants even when they were absence. This research has led me to ask a question and see the significance of this research. Based on the disturbances of human activity does pesticides humans use to control crops have a negative impact on this species of fire ant? Research is important to the broader discipline because its findings can be used for other research involving a related species such as a the species found terrestrial and aquatic environment in this