Biological Invasions
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Biological Invasions

Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species, Second Edition

  1. 463 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Biological Invasions

Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species, Second Edition

About this book

The impact of invasive species is second only to that of human population growth and associated activities as a cause of the loss of biodiversity throughout the world. In the United States, invasions of nonnative plants, animals, or microbes cause major environmental damage. The second edition of Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Cos

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781439829905
eBook ISBN
9781439829912
Edition
2
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Biology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Editor
  5. Contributors
  6. Chapter 1: Introduction : Nonnative species in the world
  7. Chapter 2: The impacts of alien plants in Australia
  8. Chapter 3: Environmental and economic costs of invertebrate invasions in Australia
  9. Chapter 4: Invasive vertebrates in Brazil
  10. Chapter 5: Alien plants in Britain
  11. Chapter 6: Economic, environmental, and social dimensions of alien vertebrate species in Britain
  12. Chapter 7: Impacts of alien vertebrates in Europe
  13. Chapter 8: Invasive patterns of alien terrestrial invertebrates in Europe
  14. Chapter 9: Invasive plant pathogens in Europe
  15. Chapter 10: Invasive plants in the Indian subcontinent
  16. Chapter 11: Invasive invertebrates in India : Economic implications
  17. Chapter 12: Economic impacts of weeds in New Zealand : Some examples
  18. Chapter 13: Ecological and economic costs of alien vertebrates in New Zealand
  19. Chapter 14: The economic consequences of the environmental impacts of alien plant invasions in South Africa
  20. Chapter 15: Invasive vertebrates of South Africa
  21. Chapter 16: Rodents and other vertebrate invaders in the United States
  22. Chapter 17: Environmental and economic costs associated with alien invasive species in the United States
  23. Back Cover