Invasive Species in a Changing World
Contributors: Harold Mooney (Editor); Richard J. Hobbs (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: August 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781559637817
Subjects: Agriculture & Farming; Crop husbandry; Genetics (non-medical); Pest control; Pest Control In Field Crops; Environmental Studies; Biological Variation; Science; Nonindigenous pests; Nature/Ecology; Life Sciences - Ecology; Ecology; Environmental Science; Science / Zoology; Agriculture - General; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Biological invasions
First sentence: In most regions on earth, nonindigenous species (NIS) comprise the first or second most important anthropogenic impact on freshwater ecosystems (U.S. Congress 1993; Naiman et al. 1995; Lodge, in press).