Invasive species :

By: Contributor(s): Ruiz, Gregory M | Carlton, James TMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2003Description: xiii, 518 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9781559639033; 1559639032Subject(s): Biological invasions | Nonindigenous pests | Biodiversity conservation | Nonindigenous pestsDDC classification: 577 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online
Contents:
Invasion Causes, Routes, and Vectors: Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Terrestrial, Freshwater, and Marine Ecosystems -- Global Plant Dispersal, Naturalization, and Invasion: Pathways, Modes, and Circumstances / Richard N. Mack -- Invasion Pathways of Terrestrial Plant-Inhabiting Fungi / Mary E. Palm, Amy Y. Rossman -- Exotic Insects and Their Pathways for Invasion / Keizi Kiritani, Kohji Yamamura -- Invasion Pathways for Terrestrial Vertebrates / Fred Kraus -- Pathways of Introduction of Nonindigenous Land and Freshwater Snails and Slugs / Robert H. Cowie, David G. Robinson -- Freshwater Aquatic Vertebrate Introductions in the United States: Patterns and Pathways / Pam L. Fuller -- In Ships or on Ships? Mechanisms of Transfer and Invasion for Nonnative Species to the Coasts of North America / Paul W. Fofonoff, Gregory M. Ruiz, Brian Steves, James T. Carlton -- Pathways of Biological Invasions of Marine Plants / Maria Antonia Ribera Siguan -- Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Transoceanic Shipping Vectors to the Great Lakes / Robert I. Colautti, Arthur J. Niimi, Colin D.A. van Overdijk, Edward L. Mills, Kristen Holeck, Hugh J. Maclsaac -- Invasion Management and Policy -- An Australian Perspective on the Management of Pathways for Invasive Species / Paul Pheloung -- Invasive Species Management in New Zealand / Barbara J. Hayden, Carolyn F. Whyte.
Summary: Recent years have seen a steep rise in invasions of non-native species in virtually all major ecoregions. Vectors are the delivery mechanisms, resulting in increases in rates of new invasions. This title brings together information on approaches to controlling and managing invasion vectors.
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Invasion Causes, Routes, and Vectors: Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Terrestrial, Freshwater, and Marine Ecosystems --
Global Plant Dispersal, Naturalization, and Invasion: Pathways, Modes, and Circumstances / Richard N. Mack --
Invasion Pathways of Terrestrial Plant-Inhabiting Fungi / Mary E. Palm, Amy Y. Rossman --
Exotic Insects and Their Pathways for Invasion / Keizi Kiritani, Kohji Yamamura --
Invasion Pathways for Terrestrial Vertebrates / Fred Kraus --
Pathways of Introduction of Nonindigenous Land and Freshwater Snails and Slugs / Robert H. Cowie, David G. Robinson --
Freshwater Aquatic Vertebrate Introductions in the United States: Patterns and Pathways / Pam L. Fuller --
In Ships or on Ships? Mechanisms of Transfer and Invasion for Nonnative Species to the Coasts of North America / Paul W. Fofonoff, Gregory M. Ruiz, Brian Steves, James T. Carlton --
Pathways of Biological Invasions of Marine Plants / Maria Antonia Ribera Siguan --
Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Transoceanic Shipping Vectors to the Great Lakes / Robert I. Colautti, Arthur J. Niimi, Colin D.A. van Overdijk, Edward L. Mills, Kristen Holeck, Hugh J. Maclsaac --
Invasion Management and Policy --
An Australian Perspective on the Management of Pathways for Invasive Species / Paul Pheloung --
Invasive Species Management in New Zealand / Barbara J. Hayden, Carolyn F. Whyte.

Recent years have seen a steep rise in invasions of non-native species in virtually all major ecoregions. Vectors are the delivery mechanisms, resulting in increases in rates of new invasions. This title brings together information on approaches to controlling and managing invasion vectors.

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