Biological Invasions
Subtitle: Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: June 13, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780849308369
Subjects: Agriculture & related industries; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Environmental economics; Environmental science; Pollution & threats to the environment; Science; Environmental aspects; Technology; Science/Mathematics; Agriculture - General; Life Sciences - Ecology; Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology; Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry; Economic aspects; Biological invasions
First sentence: Some 10 million species of plants, animals, and microbes are thought to inhabit the earth, but so far only about 1.5 million of these have been identified.