Invasion Ecology

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lockwood, Julie L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Preface
  • 1 An Introduction to Invasion Ecology
  • What are invaders and why do we care about them?
  • A brief history of invasion ecology
  • The wicked terminological web we weave
  • The invasion process
  • Summary
  • 2 Transport Vectors and Pathways
  • What's the difference between a vector and a pathway?
  • Does human-mediated dispersal differ from natural dispersal?
  • Transport vectors
  • Which species are transported via what vector group?
  • Dynamics of transport pathways
  • Summary
  • 3 Trends in Numbers of Invaders
  • Invasion rates through time
  • Geographic patterns in numbers of invaders
  • Summary
  • 4 Propagules
  • What are propagules?
  • Donor region and propagule pressure
  • Biological mechanisms
  • Empirical evidence
  • The hidden influence of propagule pressure
  • Summary
  • 5 Disturbance
  • History and definition of disturbance
  • Disturbance facilitates invasion?
  • Restoration and disturbance
  • Agriculture and urbanization as disturbance
  • Biotic disturbance
  • Summary
  • 6 Establishment Success: The Influence of Biotic Interactions
  • Conceptual issues
  • Resistance to invasion
  • Facilitation of establishment
  • Summary
  • 7 Modeling the Geographical Spread of Invasive Species
  • What exactly is geographical spread?
  • Why do we want to model geographical spread?
  • The reaction-diffusion model
  • Long-distance dispersal
  • Directional dispersal
  • Stratified dispersal
  • Other forms of heterogeneity
  • Summary
  • 8 Ecological Processes and the Spread of Non-native Species
  • Population growth
  • Dispersal
  • Biotic interactions
  • The role of heterogeneity
  • Lag times
  • Boom and bust
  • Summary
  • 9 Ecological Impacts of Invasive Species
  • Genetic impacts
  • Individual impacts
  • Population impacts
  • Community impacts
  • Ecosystem impacts
  • Landscape, regional, and global impacts
  • Summary
  • 10 Impact Synthesis
  • Perception and recognition of impact
  • Integrating perception with ecological determinants of impact
  • A theory of impact?
  • Finding common currencies
  • A cross-stage impact formula
  • Summary
  • 11 Evolution of Invaders
  • Founding process
  • Losses and gains in genetic variability via transport mechanisms
  • Genetics and post-release success
  • Local adaptation and life-history evolution
  • Evolution of native species in response to non-natives
  • Summary
  • 12 Predicting and Preventing Invasion
  • Explanation versus risk assessment
  • Inherent limitations to prediction
  • Risk analysis
  • Screening risky species
  • Screening risky transportation vectors
  • Summary
  • 13 Eradication and Control of Invaders
  • Cause for optimism?
  • Rapid response
  • Lazarus effect
  • Long-term control
  • Sisyphus effect
  • Summary
  • 14 Global Climate Change and Invasive Species
  • Global climate change 101
  • Non-native species and global climate change
  • Transport
  • Establishment
  • Spread

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