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REVUE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE-OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DES EPIZOOTIES
Volume 29, Issue 1, Pages 113-122Publisher
OFFICE INT EPIZOOTIES
DOI: 10.20506/rst.29.1.1968
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Control measure; Environmental impact; Exotic animal; Invasive species; Myocastor coypus; Neovison vision; Nyctereutes procyonoides; Ondatra zybethica; Procyon lotor; Threskiornis aethiopicus
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Exotic species have often been introduced into a new country in zoological or botanical gardens or on game and fur farms When accidentally or deliberately released, these alien species can become invasive and have negative impacts on native plant and animal communities and human activities. This article focuses on a selection of such invasive species. principally the American mink (Neovison vison), but also the coypu (Myocastor coypus), muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), raccoon (Procyon lotor) and African sacred ibis (Threskiomis aethiopicus) In each of these cases, the authors describe the biological characteristics and life history of the species, in relation to its invasive capacity, the origins and establishment of non-native populations, the environmental consequences and possible control measures. The main negative impacts observed are the destruction of habitat, the introduction and/or spread of pathogens and changes in the composition of native communities with consequent effects on biodiversity
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