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020 _a9781559639033
020 _a1559639032
082 0 0 _a577
_bINV
100 _a
245 0 0 _aInvasive species :
260 _aWashington, DC :
_bIsland Press,
_cc2003.
300 _axiii, 518 pages :
_billustrations, maps ; 24 cm
500 _aIncluded Index
505 _aInvasion Causes, Routes, and Vectors: Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Terrestrial, Freshwater, and Marine Ecosystems -- Global Plant Dispersal, Naturalization, and Invasion: Pathways, Modes, and Circumstances / Richard N. Mack -- Invasion Pathways of Terrestrial Plant-Inhabiting Fungi / Mary E. Palm, Amy Y. Rossman -- Exotic Insects and Their Pathways for Invasion / Keizi Kiritani, Kohji Yamamura -- Invasion Pathways for Terrestrial Vertebrates / Fred Kraus -- Pathways of Introduction of Nonindigenous Land and Freshwater Snails and Slugs / Robert H. Cowie, David G. Robinson -- Freshwater Aquatic Vertebrate Introductions in the United States: Patterns and Pathways / Pam L. Fuller -- In Ships or on Ships? Mechanisms of Transfer and Invasion for Nonnative Species to the Coasts of North America / Paul W. Fofonoff, Gregory M. Ruiz, Brian Steves, James T. Carlton -- Pathways of Biological Invasions of Marine Plants / Maria Antonia Ribera Siguan -- Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Transoceanic Shipping Vectors to the Great Lakes / Robert I. Colautti, Arthur J. Niimi, Colin D.A. van Overdijk, Edward L. Mills, Kristen Holeck, Hugh J. Maclsaac -- Invasion Management and Policy -- An Australian Perspective on the Management of Pathways for Invasive Species / Paul Pheloung -- Invasive Species Management in New Zealand / Barbara J. Hayden, Carolyn F. Whyte.
520 _aRecent years have seen a steep rise in invasions of non-native species in virtually all major ecoregions. Vectors are the delivery mechanisms, resulting in increases in rates of new invasions. This title brings together information on approaches to controlling and managing invasion vectors.
650 0 _aBiological invasions.
650 0 _aNonindigenous pests.
650 0 _aBiodiversity conservation.
650 0 _aNonindigenous pests
700 1 _aRuiz, Gregory M.
700 1 _aCarlton, James T.
856 4 1 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip042/2003007223.html
856 4 2 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0631/2003007223-d.html
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