Invasive and Introduced Plants and Animals (eBook, ePUB)

Human Perceptions, Attitudes and Approaches to Management
Redaktion: Rotherham, Ian D.; Lambert, Robert A.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses the broader context of invasive and exotic species, in terms of the perceived threats and environmental concerns which surround alien species and ecological invasions. It considers reactions and solutions in terms of environmental and climate change, sociology and ethics, globalization and politics, and argues that many decisions are based on values and perceptions rather than objective science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134062027
• Artikelnr.: 38245105

Autorenporträt

Ian Rotherham is a leading researcher and writer on ecological history with a long-standing interest in exotic and invasive animals and plants. He is a Reader, Director of the Geography, Tourism, and Environment Research Unit, and International Research Co-ordinator at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Rob Lambert has a dual appointment at the University of Nottingham, UK, as lecturer in environmental history and lecturer in tourism and the environment. He is also a Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia and co-editor of the journal Environment and History.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Setting the Scene. 1. Balancing Species History, Human Culture and
Scientific Insight: Introduction and Overview. 2. Human Interactions with
Non-Native Species Part 2: Attitudes and Perceptions. 3. Over Here:
American Animals in Britain. 4. How the Concept of Alien Species Emerged
and Developed in Twentieth-Century Britain. 5. Nativeness and Nationhood:
What Species 'Belong' in Post-devolution Scotland? 6. Who is the Invader?
Alien Species, Property Rights, and the Police Power. 7. Whales,
Whitefellas and the Ambiguity of 'Nativeness': Reflections on the
Emplacement of Australian Identities. 8. The Rise of Modern Invasion
Biology and American Attitudes Towards Introduced Species. 9.
Anekeitaxonomy: Botany, Place and Belonging. 10. The other Side of
Bio-Invasion: The Example of Acclimatization in Germany Part 3: Case
Studies and Case Histories. 11. Strangers in a Familiar Land: The Return of
the Native 'Aliens' and the (Re)wilding of Britain's Skies, 1850-2010. 12.
Public Perception of Invasive Alien Species in Mediterranean Europe. 13.
The Human Dimensions of Invasive Plants in Tropical Africa. 14. Plant
Invasions - The Case of Acclimatisation and wild Gardeners. 16. Factors
Affecting People's Response to Invasive Species Management. 17. The Paradox
of Invasive Species in Ecological Restoration: Do Restorationists Worry
about Them Too Much or Too Little? 18. A View from Continental Europe: The
Case-study of Prunus Serotina in France in Comparison with other Invasives.
19. Native or Alien? The Case of the Wild Boar in Britain. 20. Exotic and
Invasive Species: An Economic Perspective. 21. Satisfaction in a Horse: The
Perception and Assimilation of an Exotic Animal into Maori Custom Law. 22.
Fire and Loathing in the Fynbos: Notions of Indigenous and alien vegetation
in South Africa's Western Cape, c.1902-1945 23. Biological Invasion and
Narratives of Environmental History in New Zealand, 1800-2000s. Part 4: The
Way Ahead: Conclusions and Challenges. 24. Good Science, Good History and
Pragmatism: Managing the way ahead. Index