Archaeobiota

Archaeobiota (from ancient Greek; literally ancient living beings ) is the name for alien or allochthonous biological species , i.e. species that do not colonize an area by nature, but instead were brought there by humans directly or indirectly before 1492 - the discovery of America - were introduced and have since established themselves. Accordingly, introduced plant species are called archaeophytes , introduced fungi are called archaeomycetes and introduced animal species are called archaeozoa. In contrast to archaeobiota, the term neobiota stands for species that were introduced after 1492.

literature

• Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Ed.): Alien species. Position paper of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. BfN script 128, compiled by Frank Klingenstein, Paul M. Kornacker, Harald Martens and Uwe Schippmann; Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn 2005