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We live in a globalised world in which people and goods are transported across ecosystem boundaries in greater volumes and faster than ever before. One consequence of globalisation has been the introduction, establishment, and spread of many thousands of species beyond the ecosystems in which they e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Keller, Reuben P. (Editor ), Cadotte, Marc William, 1975- (Editor ), Sandiford, Glenn (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, ©2015.
Temas:
Biological invasions.
Introduced organisms.
Introduced Species
Invasions biologiques.
Espèces introduites.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Working across disciplines to understand and manage invasive species / R.P. Keller, M. Cadotte, G. Sandiford
  • Section I Introduction. Of toads, squirrels, carps, and kids : how science and human perceptions drive our responses to invasive species
  • Chapter 2. The ecological, evolutionary, and social impact of invasive cane toads in Australia / R. Shine
  • Chapter 3. A tale of two squirrels : a British case study of the sociocultural dimensions of debates over invasive species / P. Coates
  • Chapter 4. Fish tales : optimism and other bias in rhetoric about exotic carps in America / G. Sandiford
  • Chapter 5. "Sooper" impact : drawing the attention of kids to the dangers of invasive species / M. Newman
  • Section II Introduction. Here they come : understanding and managing the introduction of invasive species
  • Chapter 6. Patterns of live vertebrate importation into the United States : analysis of an invasion pathway / C. Romagosa
  • Chapter 7. All in the family : relatedness and the success of introduced species / M. Cadotte, L. Jin
  • Chapter 8. Reducing damaging introductions from international species trade through invasion risk assessment / M. Springborn
  • Section III Introduction. Controlling the bad : reducing the impacts of established invaders
  • Chapter 9. Evaluating the economic costs and benefits of slowing the spread of emerald ash borer / J. Bossenbroek, A. Croskey, D. Finnoff, L. Iverson, S. McDermott, A. Prasad, C. Sims, D. Sydnor
  • Chapter 10. Climate change challenges in the management of invasive sea lamprey in Lake Superior / J. Kitchell, T. Cline, V. Bennington, G. McKinley
  • Chapter 11. Ecological separation without hydraulic separation : engineering solutions to control invasive common carp in Australian rivers / Robert Keller
  • Chapter 12. Does enemy release contribute to the success of invasive species? : a review of the enemy release hypothesis / K. Prior, J. Hellmann
  • Section IV Introduction. Where to from here? : policy prospects at international, national, and regional levels
  • Chapter 13. From global to local : integrating policy frameworks for the prevention and management of invasive species / S. Burgiel
  • Chapter 14. Developing invasive species policy for a major free trade bloc : challenges and progress in the European Union / C. Shine
  • Chapter 15. There ought to be a law! : the peculiar absence of broad federal harmful nonindigenous species legislation / M. Miller
  • Chapter 16. Pathways toward a policy of preventing new Great Lakes invasions / J. Brammeier, T. Cmar
  • Chapter 17. Final thoughts : nature and human nature / G. Sandiford, R.P. Keller, M. Cadotte.

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