Overview
- The first book on the history of bioinvasions focused in the Mediterranean region
- Brings together researchers from 13 nationalities, to cover cases from 6 Mediterranean countries and the sea, plus USA and South Africa
- A contribution to the scientific debate on how to deal with the historical dimensions of biological invasions, fostering dialogue between cultural and ecological explanations of environmental change, to inform environmental policy and management
Part of the book series: Environmental History (ENVHIS, volume 8)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Bioinvasions is a current top research subject for natural sciences, social sciences and humanities and a major concern for conservationists, land managers and planners. In the last decades, new findings, perspectives and practices have revealed the multifaceted challenges of preventing new introductions and dealing with those invasive species that harm natural ecosystems, economy and human welfare.
This book brings together environmental historians and natural scientists to share their studies and experiences on the human dimensions of biological invasions from the ancient past to the current challenges. The collection of papers focuses on the Mediterranean region and deals with aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems on the mainland and islands, ranging from marine and freshwater environments to coastal marshlands and forests. A wide diversity of animals and plants are featured, from marine fishes to marine and freshwater crustaceans, invertebrates, reptiles and amphibians, birds and mammals, to grasses, shrubs and trees. This book is a contribution to the scientific debate on how to deal with the historical dimensions of biological invasions, fostering dialogue between cultural and ecological explanations of environmental change, to inform environmental policy and management.
It has been organized in three sections: the first is the editors’ introduction, in which they review the existing literature and highlight relevant concepts and ideas; the second is about alien species in the Mediterranean region; the third includes cases from other Mediterranean-type regions.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Histories of Bioinvasions in the Mediterranean
Editors: Ana Isabel Queiroz, Simon Pooley
Series Title: Environmental History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74986-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74985-3Published: 30 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09120-0Published: 25 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74986-0Published: 15 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2211-9019
Series E-ISSN: 2211-9027
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 260
Topics: Conservation Biology/Ecology, World History, Global and Transnational History, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Nature Conservation