Alien Species in North America and Hawaii
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: September 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781559636797
Subjects: Applied ecology; Conservation of the environment; Genetics (non-medical); Nonindigenous pests; Environmental Studies; Biological Variation; Ecology; Nature; Nature/Ecology; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Science / Environmental Science; Biological diversity conservat; United States; Biodiversity conservation; Biological invasions
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.