Europes Invasive Specie
Eastern Grey Squirrels Environmental Impact in Europe
The Eastern Grey Squirrel is the largest tree squirrel in the world. It's predominately found in North America and its favorable habitat includes large forests with vast amounts of hickory and oak trees, which provides a habit of plentiful food supply and agility from predators. The Eastern Grey squirrel's increasing population throughout Europe has produced a growing concern for the environment because the invasive specie has dominated the local native red squirrel and is causing a negative economical impact to the agricultural environment.
The Eastern Grey Squirrel is an invasive species that was introduced to northern Italy's Candiolo Park in 1948. Since the arrival in Europe, The population of the Eastern Grey Squirrel has become out of control and has spread to cover an area more than 450 km2. It has quickly dominated the habitat for the Red Squirrel and is causing economical damage to agricultural crops and trees.......
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