Invasive species in a changing world / edited by Harold A. Mooney and Richard J. Hobbs.

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Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2000.Description: xv, 457 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

1559637811 (cloth : alk. paper)
155963782X (paper : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

577/.18 21

LOC classification:

QH353 .I59 2000

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Contents: Preface Introduction PART I: Dimensions of the Problem Chapter 1. Freshwater Nonindigenous Species: Interactions with Other Global Changes Chapter 2. Global Change and Biological Invasions in the Ocean Chapter 3. Land-Use Changes and Invasions Chapter 4. Fire, Plant Invasions, and Global Changes Chapter 5. Will the Increasing Atmospheric CO2 Concentration Affect the Success of Invasive Species? Chapter 6. Microevolutionary Influences of Global Changes on Plant Invasions Chapter 7. Assessing the Extent, Status, and Dynamism of Plant Invasions: Current and Emerging Approaches PART II: Societal Impacts Chapter 8. The Future of Alien Species: Changing Social Views Chapter 9. Global Changes, Invasive Species, and Human Health Chapter 10. Climate Change and Invasive Species: A Conceptual Framework Chapter 11. The Economics of Alien Species Invasions Chapter 12. Valuing Ecosystem Services Lost to Tamarix Invasion in the United States PART III: Regional Examples Chapter 13. Invasive Alien Species and Global Change: A South African Perspective Chapter 14. Plant Invasions in Germany: General Aspects and Impact of Nitrogen Deposition Chapter 15. Invasive Species and Environmental Changes in New Zealand Chapter 16. Plant Invasions in Chile: Present Patterns and Future Predictions \ Mary T. Kalin Arroyo, Clodomiro Marticorena, Oscar Matthei, and Lohengrin Cavieres PART IV: Summary Chapter 17. Global Change and Invasive Species: Where Do We Go From Here? Index.

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"A Project of SCOPE: The Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
Preface
Introduction
PART I: Dimensions of the Problem
Chapter 1. Freshwater Nonindigenous Species: Interactions with Other Global Changes
Chapter 2. Global Change and Biological Invasions in the Ocean
Chapter 3. Land-Use Changes and Invasions
Chapter 4. Fire, Plant Invasions, and Global Changes
Chapter 5. Will the Increasing Atmospheric CO2 Concentration Affect the Success of Invasive Species?
Chapter 6. Microevolutionary Influences of Global Changes on Plant Invasions
Chapter 7. Assessing the Extent, Status, and Dynamism of Plant Invasions: Current and Emerging Approaches

PART II: Societal Impacts
Chapter 8. The Future of Alien Species: Changing Social Views
Chapter 9. Global Changes, Invasive Species, and Human Health
Chapter 10. Climate Change and Invasive Species: A Conceptual Framework
Chapter 11. The Economics of Alien Species Invasions
Chapter 12. Valuing Ecosystem Services Lost to Tamarix Invasion in the United States
PART III: Regional Examples
Chapter 13. Invasive Alien Species and Global Change: A South African Perspective
Chapter 14. Plant Invasions in Germany: General Aspects and Impact of Nitrogen Deposition
Chapter 15. Invasive Species and Environmental Changes in New Zealand
Chapter 16. Plant Invasions in Chile: Present Patterns and Future Predictions \ Mary T. Kalin Arroyo, Clodomiro Marticorena, Oscar Matthei, and Lohengrin Cavieres
PART IV: Summary
Chapter 17. Global Change and Invasive Species: Where Do We Go From Here?
Index.

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