Plant Invaders: The threat to natural ecosystems - Brossura

Cronk, Q.C.B C. B.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0412483807 ISBN 13: 9780412483806

Casa editrice: Springer, 1995

Riassunto

As with each of the books in the series, Plant Invaders: The threat to natural ecosystems aims to give an authoritative account of the subject in a jargon-free style. It should therefore be of interest not only to the biologists studying plant invasion, but also to land managers and others concerned with practical conservation.
Case studies of invasive species highlight specific problems from a wide range of countries, including North America, Africa, Australia, South and South East Asia, Europe, and the Pacific and Atlantic islands.
The book contains an invaluable list of invasive species with their countries of origin and regions of introduction. A full bibliography carries references to all cited articles and books.

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Recensione:

[This book] is a practical guide including case-studies and an appendix with a list of invasive species and their countries of origin
Bookseller
I rather enjoyed this book ... at times I found myself fully immersed in a science fiction world of immortal propagules, uncontested vigour and unwitting dispersal agents spreading the plague to the four corners - I shall never look at the mud on my boots in quite the same light again.
Annals of Botany
We know of no other publication that provides such a broad coverage of these topics ... We strongly recommend it ...
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
The book contains an invaluable list of invasive species with their countries of origin and regions of introduction.Krypto News
Plant Invaders is a conservation manual produced as part of the 'People and Plants' programme.Plant Talk
The authors have drawn on and developed the results of ICSU/SCOPE 'Ecology of Biological Invasions' project of the mid-1980s.Plant Conservation News
...a good overview of the types of plants found to be invasive...
British Ecological Society Bulletin

Contenuti:

The nature of plant invasion. How invasion occurs. Action against invasive plants. Case studies of some important invasive species. Representative invasive species. Appendices. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

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• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0412483807
• ISBN 13: 9780412483806
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256