"With the exception of climate change, biological invasions have probably received more attention during the past ten years than any other ecological topic. Written fifty years after the publication of Elton's pioneering monograph on the subject, Invasion Biology provides a comprehensive a...

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1. Verfasser:	Davis, Mark A. 1950- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2009
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:	Oxford biology
Schlagworte:	Biological invasions Nonindigenous pests > Control Ökologie Invasion > Biologie
Zusammenfassung:	"With the exception of climate change, biological invasions have probably received more attention during the past ten years than any other ecological topic. Written fifty years after the publication of Elton's pioneering monograph on the subject, Invasion Biology provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the science of biological invasions while also offering new insights and perspectives relating to the processes of introduction, establishment, and spread. The book connects science with application by describing the health, economic, and ecological impacts of invasive species as well as the variety of management strategies developed to mitigate harmful impacts. The author critically evaluates the approaches, findings, and controversies that have characterized invasion biology in recent years, and suggests a variety of future research directions. Carefully balanced to avoid distinct taxonomic, ecosystem, and geographic biases, the book addresses a wide range of invasive species (including protists, invertebrates, vertebrates, fungi, and plants), which have been studied in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments throughout the world by investigators equally diverse in their origins."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	XIV, 244 S. graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:	9780199218769 9780199218752