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Biological Invasions

  • Covers biological invasions of both plants and animals
  • Treats biological invasions from species to ecosystem to global dimensions
  • Discusses human impact, ecological, economic and socio-economic aspects
  • Review-like structure of the chapters
  • Chapters bundled into sections with a short introduction into each section
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 193)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXV
  2. Biological Invasions: why it Matters

    1. Biological Invasions: why it Matters

      • Wolfgang Nentwig
      Pages 1-6
  3. Pathways of Biological Invasions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-10
    2. Pathways in Animal Invasions

      • Wolfgang Nentwig
      Pages 11-27
    3. Pathways in Plant Invasions

      • Ingo Kowarik, Moritz von der Lippe
      Pages 29-47
    4. Waterways as Invasion Highways – Impact of Climate Change and Globalization

      • Bella S. Galil, Stefan Nehring, Vadim Panov
      Pages 59-74
  4. Traits of a Good Invader

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-78
    2. Integrating Ecological and Evolutionary Theory of Biological Invasions

      • Ruth A. Hufbauer, Mark E. Torchin
      Pages 79-96
    3. Traits Associated with Invasiveness in Alien Plants: Where Do we Stand?

      • Petr Pyšek, David M. Richardson
      Pages 97-125
  5. Patterns of Invasion and Invasibility

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-146
    2. Nitrogen Enrichment and Plant Invasions: the Importance of Nitrogen-Fixing Plants and Anthropogenic Eutrophication

      • Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Harry Olde Venterink, Holger Buschmann
      Pages 163-180
    3. Will Climate Change Promote Alien Plant Invasions?

      • Wilfried Thuiller, David M. Richardson, Guy F. Midgley
      Pages 197-211
  6. Ecological Impact of Biological Invasions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 214-216
    2. Impacts of Invasive Species on Ecosystem Services

      • Heather Charles, Jeffrey S. Dukes
      Pages 217-237
    3. Biological Invasions by Marine Jellyfish

      • William M. Graham, Keith M. Bayha
      Pages 239-255

Editors and Affiliations

  • Community Ecology Zoological Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland

    Wolfgang Nentwig

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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