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Invasive Alien Species A New Synthesis.

Invasive alien species are among today's most daunting environmental threats, costing billions of dollars in economic damages and wreaking havoc on ecosystems around the world. In 1997, a consortium of scientific organizations including SCOPE, IUCN, and CABI developed the Global Invasive Specie...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mooney, Harold A.
Otros Autores: Mack, Richard, McNeely, Jeffrey A., Neville, Laurie E., Schei, Peter Johan, Waage, Jeffrey K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Island Press, 2013.
Colección:SCOPE Series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1: Invasive Alien Species: The Nature of the Problem
  • Chapter 2: The Economics of Biological Invasions
  • Chapter 3:Vector Science and Integrated Vector Management in Bioinvasion Ecology: Conceptual Frameworks
  • Chapter 4: The ISSG Global Invasive Species Database and Other Aspects of an Early Warning System
  • Chapter 5: Characterizing Ecological Risks of Introductions and Invasions
  • Chapter 6: Ecology of Invasive Plants:State of the Art
  • Chapter 7: Facilitation and Synergistic Interactions between Introduced Aquatic Species
  • Chapter 8: Assessing Biotic Invasions in Time and Space: The Second Imperative
  • Chapter 9: Best Practices for the Prevention and Management of Invasive Alien Species
  • Chapter 10: Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Invasive Alien Species
  • Chapter 11: Human Dimensions of Invasive Alien Species
  • Chapter 12: Invasive Species in a Changing World: The Interactions between Global Change and Invasives
  • Chapter 13: A Global Strategy on Invasive Alien Species: Synthesis and Ten Strategic Elements
  • List of Contributors
  • SCOPE Series List
  • SCOPE Executive Committee
  • Index