Biotic Homogenization
Contributors: Julie L. Lockwood (Editor); Michael L. McKinney (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780306465420
Subjects: Applied ecology; Management of land & natural resources; Biological Variation; Ecology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Life Sciences - Ecology; Life Sciences - Evolution; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Biodiversity; Biological diversity
First sentence: Biotic homogenization is the replacement of local biotas by nonindigenous and locally expanding species that can co-exist with humans (McKinney and Lockwood 1999).