Biological Invasions (eBook, PDF)

Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species, Second Edition
Redaktion: Pimentel, David

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Revised, expanded, and updated, this second edition of a successful reference discusses how non-native species invade new ecosystems and the subsequent economic and environmental effects of these invaders. With nine new chapters, this text provides detailed information on the major components of the invasive-species problem from six continents, including impacts on human health and livestock. The book examines ways in which non-native species destroy vital crops and forests; damage ecosystem dynamics, leading to losses in plant and animal biodiversity; and cause soil erosion and water loss.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 463
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439829912
• Artikelnr.: 38303180

Autorenporträt

David Pimentel, Ph.D., is Professor of Ecology of Agricultural Sciences in the Department of Entomology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University. His research and consulting accomplishments cut across many disciplines. Dr. Pimentel has served on Presidential Commissions and National Academy of Sciences' Boards and Committees. He has authored nearly 700 scientific publications, written three books, and edited 34 books.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Introduction. Non-Native Species of the World. Australia.
The Impacts of Alien Plants in Australia. Non-Indigenous Vertebrates in
Australia. Environmental and Economic Costs of Invertebrate Invasions.
Brazil. Alien Plant Pathogens in Brazil. Invasive Invertebrates in Brazil.
Vertebrate Invasive Vertebrate Groups. British Isles. Alien Plants in The
British Isles. Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Vertebrate Species
in Britain. Invasive Invertebrate Species in the British Isles. India.
Invasive Plant Species in India and Impact on Biodiversity. Invasive Alien
Species of Invertebrates. Alien Plant Pathogens in India. New Zealand.
Economic Impacts of Weeds in New Zealand. Ecological and Economic Costs of
Alien Vertebrate in New Zealand. Alien Invertebrates in New Zealand. The
Impact of Exotic Insects in New Zealand. South Africa. The Economic
Consequences of Alien Plant Invasions. Alien Invertebrate Animals in South
Africa. Invasive Vertebrate Animals in South Africa. United States.
Environmental and Economic Costs Of Invasive Species in The United States.
Invasive Plants in the United States. Rats and Other Vertebrates in The
United States.