Editors:
- Explores the problem of invasive species from a multi-scalar perspective, from the molecular to the landscape, and how each of these scales present conservation and management implications
- Presents a series of studies in the Galapagos Islands, a unique place to study evolution, and now a unique place to understand how introduced species change the environment, creating challenges for endemic species conservation and for management strategies
- Follows a multi-disciplinary approach, including studies from biology, genetics, ecology, geography and sociology, showing that talking about invasives necessitates the consideration of a broad spectrum of different aspects
Part of the book series: Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands (SESGI)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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To the Ecosystem
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Front Matter
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To the Landscape
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
We chose the Galapagos Islands, a place well-known to be unique in the study of evolution, as a laboratory to analyze the interactions between invasive and endemic species, to understand the makeup of the ecosystems emerging after invasions have occurred, to describe the relationships of invasives with the people that live in these islands, and to try to develop comprehensive analyses on this topic from multi-scalar and multi-disciplinary points of view. For a long time, the discussion has been about how proper management of the speciescould achieve two main goals: the eradication of the species to recover affected ecosystems and the conservation of endemic species. The discussion has taken on other nuances, including the suggestion that an invasive species, when it is already adapted to an ecosystem, forms an integral part of it, and thus eradication would in itself go against conservation. On the other hand, some invasive species are not only part of the biological compound of the island ecosystems, but they also form part of the social and cultural history of the inhabited islands. Some of these identified by the local inhabitants are species of real or potential economic value.
Editors and Affiliations
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Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
María de Lourdes Torres, Carlos F. Mena
About the editors
Vicedecana, Coordinadora Biotecnología
Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, COCIBA
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
T: (+593) 2 297-1700 ext. 1746
E-mail: ltorres@usfq.edu.ec
Diego de Robles y Vía Interoceánica, Quito, Ecuador
Carlos F. Mena
Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, COCIBA
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
T: (+593 2) 297-1700, ext. 1866
E-mail: cmena@usfq.edu.ec
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Understanding Invasive Species in the Galapagos Islands
Book Subtitle: From the Molecular to the Landscape
Editors: María de Lourdes Torres, Carlos F. Mena
Series Title: Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67177-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67176-5Published: 27 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88391-5Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67177-2Published: 15 February 2018
Series ISSN: 2195-1055
Series E-ISSN: 2195-1063
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 237
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nature Conservation, Environmental Geography, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology/Ecology