3 Introduced And Invasive Species That Benefit Non-Native Ecosystems

Some people tend to villainize introduced and invasive species. This is often unfair as invasive and introduced species are just trying to survive and it is our fault that they have been moved outside their native range. Some non-native species can actually benefit non-native ecosystems and i will be going through some of them today as i will be going through 3 introduced and invasive species that are beneficial to non-native ecosystems.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:24 Yellow-Crowned Night Heron - Bermuda
3:59 Honey Bees - North America
5:38 Chilean Cordgrass - California

Attributions

Yellow-crowned night heron images:
Tom Benson
https://www.flickr.com/photos/40928097@N07/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Diana Robinson
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dianasch/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Matthew Paulson
https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewpaulson/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Aaron Maizlish
https://www.flickr.com/photos/amaizlish/
(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Judy Gallagher
https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/6942615277/
(CC BY 2.0)
Cletus Lee
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cletuslee/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Dennis Church
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfc_pcola/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Honey bee images:
Radek Kucharski
https://www.flickr.com/photos/137294100@N08/
(CC BY 2.0)
hedera.baltica
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hedera_baltica/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Conall
https://www.flickr.com/photos/conall/
(CC BY 2.0)
Ingrid V Taylar
https://www.flickr.com/photos/taylar/
(CC BY-NC 2.0)

Spartina grass images:
Matt Lavin
https://www.flickr.com/photos/plant_diversity/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Will Pollard
https://www.flickr.com/photos/billmiky/
(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Sandra Richard
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9428166@N03/
(CC BY-NC 2.0)
VIUDeepBay
https://www.flickr.com/photos/viucsr/5037393335/
(CC BY 2.0)

Yellow crowned night heron footage:
broadpath
https://www.youtube.com/user/broadpath
JeweloftheDelta
https://www.youtube.com/user/JeweloftheDelta
Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren
https://www.youtube.com/user/AndyReago
Chuck Homler d/b/a Focus On Wildlife
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Needsmoreritalin
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Carol Burch-Brown
https://vimeo.com/carolburchbrown
CC BY-NC-ND
Robert Barnes
https://vimeo.com/user21669494
CC BY-NC-ND
Roger Uzun
https://vimeo.com/user582713
CC BY-NC-ND
Matt Jorgensen
https://vimeo.com/user670222
CC BY-NC-ND

California marsh footage:
UMass Boston
https://www.youtube.com/c/UMassBoston-Go-Beacons

Ridgway's rail images:
Becky Matsubara
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beckymatsubara/
(CC BY 2.0)
Julio Mulero
https://www.flickr.com/photos/juliom/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
TJ Gehling
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tjgehling/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Aaron Maizlish
https://www.flickr.com/photos/amaizlish/
(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildreturn/
(CC BY 2.0)

Native American bee footage:
Bombus mystax
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8z2uVqmXWVueTa5PFtiskQ

Java Sparrow footage:
TVA Recordings
https://www.youtube.com/c/TVARecordings

Japanese white eye footage:
Birbs of Japan
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClgJ9e5u7luNHnNICJ1mWbg

Bermuda petrel images:
Richard Crossley
(CC BY-SA 3.0)

Bermuda land crab images:
Mark Yokoyama
https://www.flickr.com/photos/theactionitems/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Clapper rail image:
Doug Greenberg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dagberg/
(CC BY-NC 2.0)

I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
Creative commons licences: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed :)

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