{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"2022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow&#039;s Research Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022","author_name":"Marina","author_url":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"the tourist as an invasive species","html":"[caption id=\"attachment_1040\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"293\" caption=\"German Tourists. Photo: Ancia Ontour \"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1040\" title=\"germantourists\" src=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/germantourists.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Ancia Ontour\" width=\"293\" height=\"219\" \/>[\/caption]\r\n\r\nHere are some common traits belonging to invasive species . A tourist fulfills most of the criteria on the checklist.\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>The ability to reproduce both <a title=\"Asexual reproduction\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asexual_reproduction\">asexually<\/a> as well as <a title=\"Sex\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sex\">sexually <\/a><em>(garbage and cultural leavings as a byproduct)<\/em><a title=\"Sex\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sex\">\r\n<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fast growth<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Rapid <a title=\"Reproduction\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reproduction\">reproduction<\/a><em> (not restricted to babies)<\/em><a title=\"Reproduction\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reproduction\">\r\n<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li>High <a title=\"Dispersal\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dispersal\">dispersal<\/a> ability<em> (planes trains tour-buses cruise ships)<\/em><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a title=\"Phenotypic plasticity\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phenotypic_plasticity\">Phenotypic plasticity<\/a> (the ability to alter one\u2019s growth form to suit current conditions) <em>(dress native, get all the right travel gear, dip in and out of cultures)<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1042\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"261\" caption=\"Tourists in Alaska\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1042\" title=\"alaska-intro\" src=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/alaska-intro.jpg\" alt=\"Tourists in Alaska\" width=\"261\" height=\"195\" \/>[\/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Tolerance of a wide range of environmental conditions (<a title=\"Generalist and specialist species\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Generalist_and_specialist_species\">generalist<\/a>) <em>(again, specialized gear)<\/em><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Ability to live off of a wide range of food types (generalist)<em> (when in Rome...)<\/em><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Association with humans<em> (anthro-fetishism and the McDonald's phenomenon)<\/em><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Other successful invasions <em>(war and peace)<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n(from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasive_species\" target=\"_blank\">wikipedia<\/a>)\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1038\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"297\" caption=\"Tourists buying postcards at Yellowstone National Park, 1946. Photo - Alfred Eisenstaedt\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1038\" title=\"Tourists buying postcards at Yellowstone National Park.\" src=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/c.jpg\" alt=\"Tourists buying postcards at Yellowstone National Park, 1946. Photo - Alfred Eisenstaedt\" width=\"297\" height=\"351\" \/>[\/caption]","type":"rich"}