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Encyclopedia of biological invasions /

This pioneering encyclopedia illuminates a topic at the forefront of global ecology-biological invasions, or organisms that come to live in the wrong place. Written by leading scientists from around the world, 'Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions' addresses all aspects of this subject at...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Simberloff, Daniel (Editor ), Rejmánek, Marcel (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Colección:Encyclopedias of the natural world ; no. 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright page
  • Content
  • Contents by subject area
  • Contributors
  • Guide to the Encyclopedia
  • Preface
  • Acclimatization societies / Christopher Lever
  • Agreements, international / Jamie K. Reaser
  • Agriculture / Adam S. Davis, Douglas A. Landis
  • Algae / Jennifer E. Smith
  • Allelopathy / Inderjit
  • Ants / Nathan J. Sanders
  • Apomixis / Takashi Okada, Ross A. Bicknell, Anna M. Koltunow
  • Aquaculture / Devin M. Barley
  • Aquaria / Ian C. Duggan
  • Australia : invaders / Tim Low
  • Ballast / James T. Carlton
  • Bees / David Goulson
  • Belowground phenomena / David A. Wardle
  • Biological control, of animals / Michael J. Pitcairn
  • Biological control, of plants / Michael J. Pitcairn
  • Birds / Navjot S. Sodhi
  • Black, white, and gray lists / Stanley W. Burgiel, Anne M. Perrault
  • Brown treesnake / Gad Perry, Gordon H. Rodda
  • Bryophytes and lichens / Franz Essl, Phil Lambdon, Wolfgang Rabitsch
  • Burmese python and other giant constrictors / Robert N. Reed, Gordon H. Rodda
  • Canals / Stephan Gollasch
  • Carnivores / Arijana Barun, Daniel Simberloff
  • Carp, common / Peter W. Sorensen, Przemyslaw Bajer
  • CART and related methods / Vojtĕch Jaros̆ík
  • Cheatgrass / Richard N. Mack
  • Climate change / Jeffrey S. Dukes
  • Competition, animal / Christopher R. Dickman
  • Competition, plant / Jessica Gurevitch
  • Crabs / Edwin Grosholz
  • Crayfish / Francesco Gherardi
  • Crustaceans (other) / Anthony Ricciardi
  • DAISIE Project / Petr Pys̆ek, [et al. ...]
  • Darwin, Charles / Marc W. Cadotte
  • Databases / Laura A. Meyerson
  • Demography / Carol C. Horvitz
  • Disease vectors, human / L. Philip Lounibos
  • Dispersal ability, animal / R.M. McDowall
  • Dispersal ability, plant / Eugene W. Schupp
  • Disturbance / Richard J. Hobbs
  • Early detection and rapid response / Randy G. Westbrooks, Robert E. Eplee
  • Earthworms / Samuel W. James
  • Ecoterrorism and biosecurity / Emiel Elferink, Wouter van der Weijden
  • Elton, Charles S. / Daniel Simberloff
  • Endangered and threatened species / Richard B. Primack
  • Enemy release hypothesis / Bernd Blossey
  • Epidemiology and dispersal / Alan Hastings
  • Eradication / Piero Genovesi
  • Eucalypts / Marcel Rejmánek, David M. Richardson
  • Eutrophication, aquatic / Katharina A.M. Engelhardt
  • Evolutionary response, of natives to invaders / Sharon Y. Strauss
  • Evolution of invasive populations / Carol Eunmi Lee.
  • Fire regimes / Robert C. Klinger
  • Fishes / Peter B. Moyle, Emili Garcia-Berthou
  • Flaviviruses / John S. Mackenzie, David T. Williams
  • Forest insects / Andrew M. Liebhold, Deborah G. McCullough
  • Forestry and agroforestry / David M. Richardson
  • Freshwater plants and seaweeds / Lars W.J. Anderson
  • Fungi / Marie-Loure Desprez-Loustau, David M. Rizzon
  • Game animals / Leonard A. Brennan, Fred C. Bryant
  • Genotypes, invasive / Kristin Saltonstall
  • Geographic origins and introduction dynamics / Stephen J. Novak
  • Grasses and forbs / Carl D'Antonio, Karen Stahlheber, Nicole Molinari
  • Grazers / David M. Forsyth
  • Great Lakes : invasions / Edward L. Mills, Kristen T. Holeck
  • Gypsy moth / Patrick C. Tobin, Andrew M. Liebhold
  • Habitat compatibility / Scott Steinmaus
  • Hawaiian Islands : invasions / Lloyd Loope
  • Hemlock woolly adelgid / David A. Orwig
  • Herbicides / Joseph M. DiTomaso
  • Herbivory / Mara A. Evans, Donald R. Strong, Jr.
  • Horticulture / Sarah Reichard
  • Hybridization and introgression / Kristina A. Schierenbeck
  • Hydrology / David LeMaitre
  • Influenza / C.W. Potter
  • Integrated pest management / Robert F. Norris
  • Invasibility, of communities and ecosystems / Jason D. Fridley
  • Invasional meltdown / Betsy Von Holle
  • Invasion biology / Mark A. Davis
  • Invasion biology : Historical precedents / Matthew K. Chew
  • Invasion economics / Charles Perrings
  • Invasiveness / Marcel Rejmánek
  • Invertebrates, marine / James T. Carlton
  • Islands / William G. Lee
  • Kudzu / Daniel Simberloff
  • Ladybugs / Edward W. Evans, William E. Snyder
  • Lag times / Jeffrey A. Crooks
  • Lakes / Hugh J. Maclsaac
  • Landscape patterns of plant invasions / Thomas J. Stohlgren
  • Land use / Richard J. Hobbs
  • Lantana camara / Stephen Johnson
  • Laws, Federal and State / Marc L. Miller
  • Life history strategies / Jennifer L. Bufford, Curtis C. Daehler
  • Malaria vectors / Louis Lambrechts, Anna Cohuet, Vincent Robert
  • Mammals, aquatic / Christopher B. Anderson, Alejandro E.J. Valenzuela
  • Mechanical control / Andrea J. Pickart
  • Mediterranean Sea : invasions / Bella S. Galil
  • Melastomes / Jean-Yves Meyer, Arthur C. Medeiros
  • Mosquitoes / L. Philip Lounibos
  • Mutualism / John J. Stachowicz
  • Mycorrhizae / Anne Pringle, Benjamin Wolfe, Else Vellinga.
  • "Native invaders" / Daniel Simberloff
  • New Zealand : invasions / David R. Towns, Peter de Lange, Mick N. Clout
  • Nile perch / Robert M. Pringle
  • Nitrogen enrichment / Jae R. Pasari, [et al. ...]
  • Novel weapons hypothesis / Ragan M. Callaway
  • Ostriculture / Jennifer Ruesink
  • Parasites, of animals / Bernd Sures
  • Parasitic plants / Henning S. Heide-Jørgensen
  • Pathogens, animal / Graham J. Hickling
  • Pathogens, human / Pieter Bol
  • Pathogens, plant / Megan A. Rúa, Charles E. Mitchell
  • Pesticides (fish and mollusc) / Ram Pratap Yadav, Ajay Singh
  • Pesticides for insect eradication / Daniel A. Herms, Deborah G. McCullough
  • Pesticides (mammal) / Desley A. Whisson
  • Pet trade / Peter T. Jenkins
  • Phytophthora / David M. Rizzo
  • Pollination / Diego P. Vázquez, Carolina L. Morales
  • Ponto-Caspian : invasions / Tamara Shiganova
  • Predators / Mick N. Clout, James C. Russell
  • Propagule pressure / Richard P. Duncan
  • Protected areas / John Randall
  • Range modeling / Jonathan M. Jeschke
  • Rats / Michel Pascal
  • Regulation (U.S.) / Phyllis N. Windle
  • Remote sensing / Gregory P. Asner, Cho-ying Huang
  • Reproductive systems, plant / Spencer C.H. Barrett
  • Reptiles and amphibians / Fred Kraus
  • Restoration / Truman P. Young, Kurt J. Vaughn
  • Rinderpest / Andy Dobson, Ricardo M. Holdo, Robert D. Holt
  • Risk assessment and prioritization / W.M. Lonsdale
  • Rivers / Emili García-Berthou, Peter B. Moyle
  • Rodents (other) / Daniel Simberloff
  • SCOPE Project / Daniel Simberloff
  • Sea lamprey / Peter W. Sorensen, Roger A. Bergstedt
  • Seas and oceans / Edwin Grosholz
  • Seed ecology / Michelle R. Leishman, Carla J. Harris
  • Small Indian mongoose / Warren Hays
  • Snails and slugs / Robert H. Cowie
  • South Africa : invasions / David M. Richardson, [et al. ...]
  • Succession / Scott J. Meiners, Steward T.A. Pickett
  • Taxonomic patterns / Julie L. Lockwood, Thomas Virzi
  • Tolerance limits, animal / Alberto Jiménez-Valverde, Jorge M. Lobo
  • Tolerance limits, plant / James H. Richards, Benjamin R. Janes
  • Transformers / Joan G. Ehrenfeld
  • Trees and shrubs / David M. Richardson
  • Vegetative propagation / Jitka Klimes̆ová
  • Vines and lianas / Carla J. Harris, Rachael Gallagher
  • Wasps / Jacqueline Beggs
  • Water hyacinth / Martin Hill, [et al. ...]
  • Weeds / Jodie S. Holt
  • Wetlands / Joy B. Zedler
  • Xenophobia / Peter Coates
  • Zebra mussel / Ladd Erik Johnson
  • Back
  • Glossary
  • Key references
  • Index.