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Biological Invasions
Edited by W Nentwig
Springer
January 2007
hardcover 441 p., 38 illus. ISBN 9783540369196
£115.00
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This new volume on Biological Invasions deals with both plants and animals, differing from
previous books by extending from the species to an ecosystem and global level. Its 22 chapters
cover pathways of biological invasions (e.g. ballast water, waterways), traits of successful invaders
(e.g. chemical weapons, empty niches), patterns of invasion and invasibility (e.g. man-induced
predisposition by fire, land use and eutrophication, the role of climate change) as well as ecological impacts
(e.g. food web shifts, genetic pollution), economy and socio-economy (e.g. ecosystem services and monetary valuation),
and prevention and management of biological invasions (e.g. phytosanitary measures, biological control,
particularly in view of globalisation).
Topics of highest societal relevance, like impact of genetically modified organisms, are interlinked
with more conventional ecological aspects, including biodiversity. The combination of these approaches
is new and will make compelling reading for the public sector, too.
Written for researchers, nature conservationists, environmental managers, advanced students
Contents
Biological Invasions: why it Matters, Wolfgang Nentwig
Section I Pathways of Biological Invasions
- Short Introduction, Wolfgang Nentwig
- Pathways in Animal Invasions, Wolfgang Nentwig
- Pathways in Plant Invasions, Ingo Kowarik and Moritz von der Lippe
- Is Ballast Water a Major Dispersal Mechanism
for Marine Organisms?, Stephan Gollasch
- Waterways as Invasion Highways -
Impact of Climate Change and Globalization, Bella S. Galil, Stefan Nehring and Vadim Panov
Section II Traits of a Good Invader
- Short Introduction, Wolfgang Nentwig
- Integrating Ecological and Evolutionary Theory
of Biological Invasions, Ruth A.Hufbauer and Mark E. Torchin
- Traits Associated with Invasiveness in Alien Plants:
Where Do we Stand?, Petr Pysek and David M. Richardson
- Do Successful Invaders Exist? Pre-Adaptations
to Novel Environments in Terrestrial Vertebrates, Daniel Sol
Section III Patterns of Invasion and Invasibility
- Short Introduction, Wolfgang Nentwig
- Effects of Land Management Practices on Plant Invasions
in Wildland Areas, Matthew L. Brooks
- Nitrogen Enrichment and Plant Invasions: the Importance of
Nitrogen-Fixing Plants and Anthropogenic Eutrophication,
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Harry Olde Venterink,
and Holger Buschmann
- From Ecosystem Invasibility to Local,Regional
and Global Patterns of Invasive Species, Ingolf Kühn and Stefan Klotz
- Will Climate Change Promote Alien Plant Invasions?, Wilfried Thuiller,David M. Richardson,
and Guy F. Midgley
Section IV Ecological Impact of Biological Invasions
- Short Introduction, Wolfgang Nentwig
- Impacts of Invasive Species on Ecosystem Services, Heather Charles and Jeffrey S. Dukes
- Biological Invasions by Marine Jellyfish, William M. Graham and Keith M. Bayha
- Effects of Invasive Non-Native Species
on the Native Biodiversity in the River Rhine, Bruno Baur and Stephanie Schmidlin
- Hybridization and Introgression Between Native
and Alien Species, Carlo R. Largiadèr
- Genetically Modified Organisms as Invasive Species?, Rosie Hails and Tracey Timms-Wilson
Section V Economy and Socio-Economy of Biological Invasions
- Short Introduction, Wolfgang Nentwig
- Plant, Animal, and Microbe Invasive Species
in the United States and World, David Pimentel,Marcia Pimentel and Anne Wilson
- Socio-Economic Impact and Assessment
of Biological Invasions, Rosa Binimelis,Wanda Born, Iliana Monterroso,
and Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos
Section VI Prevention and Management of Biological Invasions
- Short Introduction, Wolfgang Nentwig
- Economic Analysis of Invasive Species Policies, Julia Touza, Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz,and Glyn Jones
- Phytosanitary Measures to Prevent the Introduction
of Invasive Species, Guy J. Hallman
- Limits and Potentialities of Eradication as a Tool
for Addressing Biological Invasions, Piero Genovesi
- Pros and Cons of Biological Control, Dirk Babendreier
- General Conclusion, or what Has to be Done now?, Wolfgang Nentwig
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