| Description |
1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Series |
SCOPE Series ; v.63 |
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SCOPE Series
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| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Invasive Alien Species: The Nature of the Problem -- Chapter 2: The Economics of Biological Invasions -- Chapter 3:Vector Science and Integrated Vector Management in Bioinvasion Ecology: Conceptual Frameworks -- Chapter 4: The ISSG Global Invasive Species Database and Other Aspects of an Early Warning System -- Chapter 5: Characterizing Ecological Risks of Introductions and Invasions -- Chapter 6: Ecology of Invasive Plants:State of the Art |
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Chapter 7: Facilitation and Synergistic Interactions between Introduced Aquatic Species -- Chapter 8: Assessing Biotic Invasions in Time and Space: The Second Imperative -- Chapter 9: Best Practices for the Prevention and Management of Invasive Alien Species -- Chapter 10: Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Invasive Alien Species -- Chapter 11: Human Dimensions of Invasive Alien Species -- Chapter 12: Invasive Species in a Changing World: The Interactions between Global Change and Invasives -- Chapter 13: A Global Strategy on Invasive Alien Species: Synthesis and Ten Strategic Elements |
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List of Contributors -- SCOPE Series List -- SCOPE Executive Committee -- Index |
| Summary |
Invasive alien species are among today's most daunting environmental threats, costing billions of dollars in economic damages and wreaking havoc on ecosystems around the world. In 1997, a consortium of scientific organizations including SCOPE, IUCN, and CABI developed the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) with the explicit objective of providing new tools for understanding and coping with invasive alien species. Invasive Alien Species is the final report of GISP's first phase of operation, 1997-2000, in which authorities from more than thirty countries worked to examine invasions as a worldwide environmental hazard. The book brings together the world's leading scientists and researchers involved with invasive alien species to offer a comprehensive summary and synthesis of the current state of knowledge on the subject. Invasive alien species represent a critical threat to natural ecosystems and native biodiversity, as well as to human economic vitality and health. The knowledge gained to date in understanding and combating invasive alien species can form a useful basis on which to build strategies for controlling or minimizing the effects in the future. Invasive Alien Species is an essential reference for the international community of investigators concerned with biological invasions |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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English |
| Subject |
Nonindigenous pests -- Control
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Nonindigenous pests -- Control
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mooney, Harold A
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Mack, Richard
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McNeely, Jeffrey A
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Neville, Laurie E
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Schei, Peter Johan
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Waage, Jeffrey K
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| ISBN |
9781597262880 |
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1597262889 |
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