Alien Species in North America and Hawaii
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: September 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781559636803
Subjects: Applied ecology; Conservation of the environment; United States; Life Sciences - Ecology; Ecology; Nature; Environmental Studies; Nonindigenous pests; Nature/Ecology; Hawaii; USA; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Science / Environmental Science; Biological invasions; Biodiversity conservation; Biological diversity conservat
First sentence: In 1962, in her book Silent Spring, Rachel Carson warned that pollution by chemical pesticides might still the spring voices of songbirds, as well as decimate wildlife of many other sorts.