Invasion Biology

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Автор книги : Mark. A. Davis

Название книги: Invasion Biology

Издательство : Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition

Год издания книги:2009

ISBN: 0199218765

Страниц : 288

Формат книги: PDF

Размер файла: 10,73 MB

Язык книги: английский

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Книга дает современное толкование влияния инвазийных видов животных на различные экосистемы. Автор критически оценивает подходы, результаты, и противоречия, которые были характерны для биологии в последние годы, и предлагает различные направления будущих исследований. В книге рассматривается широкий круг инвазивных видов (в том числе простейших, беспозвоночных, позвоночных животных, грибов и растений), которые были изучены в морской, пресной водe и наземной средe во всем мире.

With the exception of climate change, biological invasions have probably received more attention during the past ten years than any other ecological topic. Yet this is the first synthetic, single-authored overview of the field since Williamson's 1996 book. Written fifty years after the publication of Elton's pioneering monograph on the subject, Invasion Biology provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the science of biological invasions while also offering new insights and perspectives relating to the processes of introduction, establishment, and spread. The book connects science with application by describing the health, economic, and ecological impacts of invasive species as well as the variety of management strategies developed to mitigate harmful impacts. The author critically evaluates the approaches, findings, and controversies that have characterized invasion biology in recent years, and suggests a variety of future research directions. Carefully balanced to avoid distinct taxonomic, ecosystem, and geographic (both investigator and species) biases, the book addresses a wide range of invasive species (including protists, invertebrates, vertebrates, fungi, and plants) which have been studied in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments throughout the world by investigators equally diverse in their origins.

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