Invasive species : what everyone needs to know /
Simberloff, Daniel,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-320) and index.
1. General Introduction. 1.1. What is a biological invasion? ; 1.2. When did the study of biological invasions begin? ; 1.3. Why are biological invasions important? ; 1.4. What controversies surround invasions and their management? -- 2. Magnitude, geography, and time course of invasions. 2.1. How many introduced species become invasive? ; 2.2. How many biological invasions are there? ; 2.3. Where do most biological invaders come from, and where do they go? ; 2.4. When have invasions occurred and by what means? How have rates of invasions changed? ; 2.5. Why are island ecosystems especially vulnerable? ; 2.6. How are introduced species distributed among habitats, and how do they get around? -- 3. Ecological effects of introduced species -- straightforward impacts. 3.1. How do biological invasions modify habitats? ; 3.2. How do invaders compete with native species? ; 3.3. What are the impacts of introduced predators? ; 3.4. What are the impacts of introduced herbivores? ; 3.5. What roles do introduced parasites and diseases play? ; 3.6. How does hybridization with invaders affect native species? -- 4. Impacts of invasions -- complications and human impacts. 4.1. What is an indirect effect? ; 4.2. What is invasional meltdown? ; 4.3. Why do many impacts occur only after a time lag? ; 4.4. Do invaders ever just go away on their own? ; 4.5. What are the economic impacts of biological invasions? ; 4.6. What are the public health consequences of biological invasions? -- 5. Evolution of introduced and native species. 5.1. What is the paradox of biological invasions? ; 5.2. How do introduced species evolve? ; 5.3. How do introduced pathogens and native hosts co-evolve? ; 5.4. How do native species evolve in response to invasions? ; 5.5. How does hybridization affect natives and invaders? ; 5.6. What are the enemy release and EICA hypotheses? ; 5.7. How can the paradox of invasion genetics be resolved? -- 6. How and why do invasions occur? 6.1. Why do people deliberately introduce animals? ; 6.2. Why do people introduce plants? ; 6.3. What were acclimatization societies? 6.4. What are some unusual motives for introducing animals? ; 6.5. What are stepping stones? ; 6.6. How do unintended introductions occur? -- 7. Can we predict species invasions? 7.1. Can we predict which species will become invasive if they are introduced? ; 7.2. What is risk assessment for biological invasions? ; 7.3. How is risk assessed for unplanned introductions? -- 8. How are species introductions regulated? 8.1. What international agreements address biological invasions? ; 8.2. How do national regulatory frameworks differ? ; 8.3. Do further introductions matter once a species has invaded? ; 8.4. How could economic measures aid regulation and management? -- 9. Detection and eradication of introduced species. 9.1. What is an early detection and rapid response system? ; 9.2. When should an introduction simply be tolerated? ; 9.3. What is eradication, and when should it be attempted? ; 9.4. What characteristics separate successful eradications from failures? -- 10. Maintenance management of invasions. 10.1. What are mechanical control and physical control? ; 10.2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of chemical control? ; 10.3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of classical biological control? ; 10.4. What is augmentative biological control? ; 10.5. What is mating disruption? ; 10.6. What is integrated pest management? ; 10.7. What is ecosystem management? -- 11. Controversies surrounding biological invasions. 11.1. Which introduced species are harmful and which are useful? ; 11.2. How do introduced species affect biodiversity? ; 11.3. How do we know a species is introduced and not native? ; 11.4. Are actions against introduced species xenophobic? ; 11.5. Are efforts to contain invasions futile? ; 11.6. Should animal rights govern management of invasive species? -- 12. Prospect -- the Homogeocene? 12.1. What is biotic homogenization? ; 12.2. How will patterns of human activity affect biological invasions? ; 12.3. How will global climate change and other global changes affect biological invasions? ; 12.4. What new technologies will aid detection and monitoring of invasions? ; 12.5. How will new management technologies affect invasions? ; 12.6. Will new technologies reverse the trend? : a test case -- Appendix : Scientific names of species cited in this book.
Introduced organisms.
Evolution (Biology)
Plants
Conservation biology.