oceanic islands
- Created by: abicrawley12
- Created on: 01-09-22 18:38
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- oceanic islands
- ecological features
- the biodiversity may be low because they are difficult to colonise due to the isolation of the islands
- lack of mammal predators as it is difficult for mammals to colonise isolated islands
- importance
- the high proportion of endemic species increases the possibility of the discovery of unique medicines that could be used in biomimetics
- threats
- exploitation of species-usually for food
- introduced species-introduced plnts may have colonised and out completed the indigenous vegetation
- conservation efforts
- introduced species-eg rats and goats-this has worked for nearly 1000 islands
- flatey (Iceland)-rats and house mouse have been introduced
- ecological features
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