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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
Island Press,
2013.
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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