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Introduced Species
An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant 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, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally. Non-native species can have various effects on the local ecosystem. Introduced species that become established and spread beyond the place of introduction are considered naturalized. The process of human-caused introduction is distinguished from biological colonization, in which species spread to new areas through "natural" (non-human) means such as storms and rafting. The Latin expression neobiota captures the characteristic that these species are ''new'' biota to their environment in terms of established biological network (e.g. food web) relationships. Neobiota can further be divided into neozoa (also: neozoons, sing. neozoon, i.e. animals) and neophyt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubikon
Bubikon is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Some names of localities have Celtic (''Mürg'') origins, others (''Tafleten'', ''Kammern'', ''Zell'') may have Roman origins. Fiefs of the St. Gallen Abbey are first mentioned around 744 in ''Berlikon'' (''Perolvinchova''), Bubikon is first mentioned in 811 as ''Puapinchova''. The Ritterhaus Bubikon, a Knights Hospitaller commandry, was given by the Counts of Toggenburg and Counts of Rapperswil between 1191 and 1198. The convent was secularized in 1528, and the commandry in 1798. Geography Bubikon has an area of . Of this area, 62.4% is used for agricultural purposes, 13.2% is forested, 19.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 12.4% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (6.6%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
