Invasive Plants: Ecological and Agricultural Aspects

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVIII

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2. In search of an operational lexicon for biological invasions

   • Robert I. Colautti

   Pages 1-15

3. Ecological aspects

   1. The ecology of biological invasions: past, present and future

      • Inderjit, Marc W. Cadotte, Robert I. Colautti

      Pages 19-43

   2. Ecological niche models and the geography of biological invasions: a review and a novel application

      • Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, Jake F. Weltzin

      Pages 45-60

   3. Importance of species replication in understanding plant invasions into North American grasslands

      • Brian J. Wilsey

      Pages 61-75

   4. Residence time determines the distribution of alien plants

      • Petr Pyšek, Vojtěch Jarošík

      Pages 77-96

   5. The relationship between community diversity and exotic plants: cause or consequence of invasion?

      • Scott J. Meiners, Mary L. Cadenasso

      Pages 97-114

   6. Invasive plants: the process within wetland ecosystems

      • Robert G. Wetzel

      Pages 115-127

   7. Understanding invasions: the rise and fall of diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) in North America

      • Timothy R. Seastedt, Katharine N. Suding, Katherine D. LeJeune

      Pages 129-139

   8. Defining a regional approach for invasive plant research and management

      • Steven R. Radosevich, Bryan A. Endress, Catherine G. Parks

      Pages 141-165

   9. Allelopathy as a mechanism for resisting invasion: the case of Polygonella myriophylla

      • Jeffrey D. Weidenhamer, John T. Romeo

      Pages 167-177

4. Agricultural aspects

   1. Ecology and management of an exotic weed Phalaris minor

      • Shalini Kaushik, Robert E. Blackshaw, Inderjit

      Pages 181-193

   2. Reducing agroecosystem vulnerability to weed invasion

      • K. Neil Harker, George W. Clayton, John T. O’Donovan

      Pages 195-207

   3. Tillage intensity affects weed communities in agroecosystems

      • Robert E. Blackshaw

      Pages 209-221

   4. Distribution and biological control of Chromolaena odorata

      • R. Muniappan, G.V.P. Reddy, Po-Yung Lai

      Pages 223-233

   5. Biology and anthropology of plant invasions

      • Jack Dekker

      Pages 235-250

   6. Characteristics, significance, and human dimension of global invasive weeds

      • Prasanta C. Bhowmik

      Pages 251-268

   7. Environmental consequences and economic costs of alien species

      • David Pimentel

      Pages 269-276

5. Back Matter

   Pages 277-283

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Invasive plants have an impact on global biodiversity and ecosystem function, and their management is a complex task.

The aim of this book is to discuss fundamental questions of invasion ecology, such as why particular communities become more invasible than others, what the mechanisms of exclusion of native species by invaders are, and whether invasion can be predicted.
In addition, agricultural practices influencing invasion, the environmental and economic costs of invasion as well as possible management strategies are discussed. Readers will get a unique perspective on invasion ecology through employing general principles of ecology to plant invasions.

• Allelopathy
• Invasive plants
• agriculture
• agroecosystems
• biodiversity
• biology
• ecology
• ecosystem
• environment
• plant
• plants
• wetland

• Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE) School of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

  Inderjit

About the Editor
Inderjit is professor in the centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE), School of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi. He works on allelochemical interactions among and between plants at the ecosystem-level, plant invasions, ecology and management of herbicide resistant weeds, and ecophysiology of allelochemicals. Inderjit is interested in understanding factors that explain habitat invasibility, invasiveness and dominance of alien plant species in natural and agroecosystems. Inderjit is an experienced author and editor of several scientific books.

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