{"id":1009,"date":"2009-06-13T10:05:07","date_gmt":"2009-06-13T14:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2009-06-14T07:05:28","modified_gmt":"2009-06-14T11:05:28","slug":"tourist-as-invasive-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2009\/06\/13\/tourist-as-invasive-species\/","title":{"rendered":"the tourist as an invasive species"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1040\" style=\"width: 293px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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\" srcset=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/germantourists.jpg 385w, https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/germantourists-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">German Tourists. Photo: Ancia Ontour <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here are some common traits belonging to invasive species . A tourist fulfills most of the criteria on the checklist.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<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\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fast growth<\/li>\n<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\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>High <a title=\"Dispersal\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dispersal\">dispersal<\/a> ability<em> (planes trains tour-buses cruise ships)<\/em><\/li>\n<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>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1042\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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\" srcset=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/alaska-intro.jpg 450w, https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/alaska-intro-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tourists in Alaska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<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>\n<li>Ability to live off of a wide range of food types (generalist)<em> (when in Rome&#8230;)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Association with humans<em> (anthro-fetishism and the McDonald&#8217;s phenomenon)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Other successful invasions <em>(war and peace)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasive_species\" target=\"_blank\">wikipedia<\/a>)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1038\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tourists buying postcards at Yellowstone National Park, 1946. Photo - Alfred Eisenstaedt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some common traits belonging to invasive species . A tourist fulfills most of the criteria on the checklist. The ability to reproduce both asexually as well as sexually (garbage and cultural leavings as a byproduct) Fast growth Rapid reproduction (not restricted to babies) High dispersal ability (planes trains tour-buses cruise ships) Phenotypic plasticity &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2009\/06\/13\/tourist-as-invasive-species\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;the tourist as an invasive species&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1009"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1037,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions\/1037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}