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The human love of novelty and desire to make one place look like another, coupled with massive increases in global trade and transport, are creating a growing economic and ecological threat. The same forces that are rapidly "McDonaldizing" the world's diverse cultures are also driving...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baskin, Yvonne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, ©2002.
Temas:
Biological invasions.
Nature conservation.
Invasions biologiques.
Nature > Conservation.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
NATURE > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Biological invasions
Nature conservation
Invasion > Biologie
Naturschutz
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction : confronting a shrinking world
  • 2. Reuniting Pangaea
  • 3. Wheat and trout, weeds and pestilence
  • 4. Elbowing out the natives
  • 5. The good, the bad, the fuzzy
  • 6. The making of a pest
  • 7. Taking risks with strangers
  • 8. Stemming the tide
  • 9. Beachheads and sleepers
  • 10. Taking control
  • 11. Islands no longer
  • 12. Can we preserve integrity of place.

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