Invasive species in a globalized world : ecological, social, and legal perspectives on policy / edit...
Invasive species in a globalized world : ecological, social, and legal perspectives on policy / edit...
Invasive species in a globalized world : ecological, social, and legal perspectives on policy / edited by Reuben P. Keller, Marc W. Cadotte, and Glenn Sandiford.
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Publisher
Chicago The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Call Numbers
G 2016/1791
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
vii, 410 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Content type
cartographic image
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
ch. 1 Working across Disciplines to Understand and Manage Invasive Species / G. Sandiford -- SECTION I INTRODUCTION -- Of Toads, Squirrels, Carps, and Kids: How Science and Human Perceptions Drive Our Responses to Invasive Species -- ch. 2 The Ecological, Evolutionary, and Social Impact of Invasive...
ch. 7 All in the Family: Relatedness and the Success of Introduced Species / L. Jin -- ch. 8 Reducing Damaging Introductions from International Species Trade through Invasion Risk Assessment / M. Springborn -- SECTION III INTRODUCTION -- Controlling the Bad: Reducing the Impacts of Established Invad...
ch. 13 From Global to Local: Integrating Policy Frameworks for the Prevention and Management of Invasive Species / S. Burgiel -- ch. 14 Developing Invasive Species Policy for a Major Free Trade Bloc: Challenges and Progress in the European Union / C. Shine -- ch. 15 There Ought to Be a Law! The Pecu...
Publication information
Publisher
Chicago The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2015.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Introduced species
- Natural resource management
- Overseas item
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Over the past several decades, the field of invasion biology has rapidly expanded as global trade and the spread of human populations have increasingly carried animal and plant species across natural barriers that have kept them ecologically separated for millions of years. Because some of these nonnative species thrive in their new homes and harm...
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Full title
Invasive species in a globalized world : ecological, social, and legal perspectives on policy / edited by Reuben P. Keller, Marc W. Cadotte, and Glenn Sandiford.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Also issued online.
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ebook version 9780226166216
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Call Numbers
G 2016/1791
Record Identifier
74VKVpQxAP0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpQxAP0X
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ISBN
9780226166186 (paper) :
9780226166049 (cloth) :
DDC
577.18
MMS ID
991023988315602626
