Alien Species and Evolution:

ISLAND PRESSISBN: 9781559630092

The Evolutionary Ecology of Exotic Plants, Animals, Microbes, and Interacting Native Species

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Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
By: By George W. Cox
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PAPERBACK
Pages:
400

Description

Preface
 
PART I. Basic Concepts of Alien Invasion and Evolution
Chapter 1. Alien Species and Accelerated Evolution
Chapter 2. Adaptation of Alien Species for Dispersal and  Establishment
Chapter 3. Founder Effects and Exotic Variability
Chapter 4. Introduction Sources, Cryptic Species, and Invasion  Routes
 
PART II. Processes of Evolutionary Change and Adaptation
Chapter 5. Hybridization and Evolution of Exotics
Chapter 6. Hybridization and Transgenic Organisms
Chapter 7. Invasion Resistance of Native Communities
Chapter 8. Adaptation of Alien Species to New Habitats
 
PART III. Evolutionary Interaction of Aliens and Natives
Chapter 9. Evolutionary Adaptation by Alien Herbivores
Chapter 10. Evolutionary Adaptation by Alien Predators and  Parasites
Chapter 11. Adaptation of Alien Diseases to Hosts and Vectors
Chapter 12. Adaptation of Plants to Alien Herbivores and Diseases
Chapter 13. Adaptation of Native Herbivores to Alien Plants
Chapter 14. Adaptation of Animals to Alien Predators, Parasites, and Disease Agents
Chapter 15. Accumulation of Herbivores, Predators, and Parasites by Alien Species
 
PART IV. Global Evolutionary Consequences of Alien  Invasions
Chapter 16. Alien Species as Agents of Extirpation and Extinction
Chapter 17. Evolutionary Ecology of Alien Biological Control  Agents
Chapter 18. Counteradaptation and Integration into the Biotic Community
Chapter 19. Dispersing Aliens and Speciation
Chapter 20. Permanently Altered Biotic Communities
 
Literature Cited
Glossary
Index

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