Exotic species definition

Exotic species means a vertebrate animal of any species or sub- species that is not indigenous to the Yukon.
Exotic species means a plant species introduced to Florida, purposefully or accidentally, from a natural range outside of Florida, including naturalized exotic species (an exotic plant that sustains itself outside cultivation) and invasive exotic species (an exotic plant that not only has naturalized, but is expanding on its own in Florida native plant communities). Additional information on Florida’s exotic plant species is available at: http://www.fleppc.org/.
Exotic species means species or subspecies which do not naturally occur in the country;

Examples of Exotic species in a sentence

  • Evapotranspiration – the loss of water from the soil both by evaporation and by transpiration from the Exposure assessment – the process of estimating the amount of contact with a chemical or biological agent that an individual or a population of organisms will receive from a pesticide application conducted under specific, stated circumstances Exotic species – a species that is not indigenous to a region.

  • Exotic species have been documented as one of the greatest threats to aquatic biodiversity, and the arrival and establishment of nonnative species can have profoundly negative impacts on native ecosystems.

  • Correlated factors in amphibian decline: Exotic species and habitat change in western Washington.

  • Exotic and Weed Species: Exotic species are those native to other areas of the United States (outside of southern California) and other parts of the world.

  • Exotic species, which are often implicated as serious predators and/or competitors of native ranid frogs in the western US, have become widely distributed along the Virgin, Muddy, and Colorado rivers.


More Definitions of Exotic species

Exotic species means any non-indigenous plant or animal species.
Exotic species means an introduced or non-indigenous species living outside its native distributional range which has arrived there by human activity, either deliberate or intentional.
Exotic species means a plant species which is not indigenous to the geographic area under consideration. Whether or not a plant species is indigenous to the area may be determined from floristic information available about the natural range of the plant species.
Exotic species means any species of plant or animal or microorganism (life form) whose natural range does not, or did not in the past, exist in a specific part of, or the whole of, Kenya and which out-competes all other life forms.
Exotic species means an animal that comes from or that is commonly found in another part of the world or in a foreign country. Cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and poultry are not considered exotic species.
Exotic species means an introduced or nonindigenous species living outside its native distributional range which has arrived there by human activity, either deliberate or unintentional.
Exotic species means a plant from another country.