I need to know these things about Starlings?

Question

---Distribution---

1. Where is it from?

2. Where when and why was it inroduced?

3. Where can it be found today?

--Effects on people--

4. How do people use/interact with this species?

5. What, if any, consequences are there for humans?

---Effects on ecosystems--

6. What changes have been observed in the ecosystem since the species' intrduction?

7. How have other organisms been affected?

--Reasons for success--

8. What information can you find about the species that might explain why it is successful in its new evvironment?

--Issues for the future--

9. Are there attempts to control the growth or spread of this species?

10. What are the options?

11. What are the trade-offsof each of these options?

Please give me as much info as possible! Thnx.

Answer 1

Starlings were first brought to North America in the 1890s.[1]by Eugene Schieffelin, a wealthy New York pharmacologist and Shakespeare enthusiast. It is said (though no evidence supports this) that his purpose was to introduce into North America all the birds mentioned in William Shakespeare's plays.[citation needed] As starlings receive a brief mention in Henry IV, Part 1, Schieffelin introduced 60 of the birds in Central Park, New York.

Answer 2

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBir...