Invasive Alien Species

The Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) - SCOPE Series

Table of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

 

Chapter 1. Invasive Alien Species: The Nature of The Problem

Chapter 2. The Economics of Biological Invasions

Chapter 3. Vector Science and Integrated Vector Management in Bioinvasion Ecology: Conceptual Frameworks

Chapter 4. The ISSG Global Invasive Species Database and Other Aspects of an Early Warning System

Chapter 5. Characterizing Ecological Risks of Introductions And Invasions

Chapter 6. Ecology of Invasive Plants: State of the Art

Chapter 7. Facilitation and Synergistic Interactions between Introduced Aquatic Species

Chapter 8. Assessing Biotic Invasions in Time and Space: The Second Imperative

Chapter 9. Best Practices for the Prevention and Management of Invasive Alien Species

Chapter 10. Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Invasive Alien Species

Chapter 11. Human Dimensions of Invasive Alien Species

Chapter 12. Invasive Species in a Changing World: The Interactions between Global Change and Invasives

Chapter 13. A Global Strategy on Invasive Alien Species: Synthesis and Ten Strategic Elements

 

List of Contributors

SCOPE Series List

SCOPE Executive Committee 2005–2008

Index

"...provides a new foundation for everyone interested in the biological, socioeconomic, policy, or management implications of biological invasions."

-- "CHOICE"

"An outstanding summary of the results of Phase I of the Global Invasive Species Program, this volume presents up-to-date syntheses of important aspects of how to manage this worldwide problem. In ample, well-written chapters, it provides sound advice in areas that range from prediction of invasiveness and practical management to economics and the law. It will reward careful study by all those concerned with these problems!"

--Peter H. Raven "Director of Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis"

"Another benchmark volume from SCOPE. A comprehensive synthesis of the greatest challenges to biodiversity in the 21st century, as the negative synergies of climate change, land transformation, and invasions of ecosystems by aggressive alien species accelerate in the absence of adequate response strategies. This book, elegantly researched and presented in the Island Press tradition, crystallizes the results of over a century of good science and hard lessons that help us understand and combat the negative impacts of invasive alien species."

--Brian Huntley "Chief Executive, South African National Biodiversity Institute"

"No better entree exists for the diverse issues surrounding invasive alien species. This volume charts a coherent way forward from increased understanding at the scientific level to successful reduction of the unintended harm that results from moving species around the globe. Up-to-date coverage is provided of the biological issues, risk characterization, legal and policy instruments, on-the-ground management, the various ways in which humans are both responsible for and suffer from invasive alien species, and other topics essential to an effective societal response. Finally we have a rigorous volume that unites descriptions of the problems with suggested solutions."

--David M. Lodge "Professor of biological sciences, University of Notre Dame"

"Well referenced. A truly comprehensive state-of-the-issue kind of text."

-- "Northeastern Naturalist"