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Author : Mick N. Clout,Peter A. Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780199216321
Risk assessment, detection, control, legal, instruments, plants, animals.
Author : Theodore Alter,Paul Martin,Don Hine,Tanya Howard
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486308880
Invasive species are among the greatest challenges to environmental sustainability and agricultural productivity in the world. One of the most promising approaches to managing invasive species is voluntary citizen stewardship. However, in order for control measures to be effective, private citizens often need to make sustained and sometimes burdensome commitments. Community-Based Control of Invasive Species is based on five years of research by leading scholars in natural resource and human behavioural sciences, which involved government and citizen groups in Australia and the United States. It examines questions including, 'how can citizens be engaged in voluntarily managing invasive species?', 'what communication strategies will ensure good motivation and coordination?' and 'how can governing bodies support citizens in their efforts?'. With chapters on institutional frameworks, changing governance, systems thinking, organisational learning, engagement, communication and behavioural change, this book will be a valuable reference for researchers and practitioners involved in natural resources management.
Author : Odd Terje Sandlund,Peter Johan Schei,Åslaug Viken
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0792368762
Based on a selection of papers presented at the Norway/UN Conference on Alien Species, Trondheim, Norway
Author : Mick N. Clout,Peter A. Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191550768
Invasive alien species are a major and growing threat to biodiversity worldwide. The transport of organisms through increased levels of trade and tourism is leading to the widespread breaching of natural biogeographic barriers at unprecedented rates. Consequences can be severe, especially in naturally isolated ecosystems. Invasive alien species can cause the extinction of vulnerable endemic species, alter the structure and composition of communities, disrupt successional pathways, and lead to the loss of ecosystem services. Global climate change may further exacerbate the spread of alien species, as climatic zones shift and potential ranges alter. The effective management of invasive alien species is clearly a priority for biological conservation worldwide. This book first provides strategies for managing such species at successive invasion stages, from prevention at the border to control of major infestations. It then describes the general tools and approaches that are recommended for successful management of particular groups of invasive organisms in a range of environments. In each case, the ecological basis and practical requirements of invasive alien species management are addressed. This integration of proven techniques and policies will be useful to a wide readership of students, academics, conservation practitioners, invasive species managers, legislators, and to the broader community concerned with biological conservation.
Author : Therese M. Poland,Toral Patel-Weynand,Deborah M. Finch,Chelcy Ford Miniat,Deborah C. Hayes,Vanessa M. Lopez
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030453671
This open access book describes the serious threat of invasive species to native ecosystems. Invasive species have caused and will continue to cause enormous ecological and economic damage with ever increasing world trade. This multi-disciplinary book, written by over 100 national experts, presents the latest research on a wide range of natural science and social science fields that explore the ecology, impacts, and practical tools for management of invasive species. It covers species of all taxonomic groups from insects and pathogens, to plants, vertebrates, and aquatic organisms that impact a diversity of habitats in forests, rangelands and grasslands of the United States. It is well-illustrated, provides summaries of the most important invasive species and issues impacting all regions of the country, and includes a comprehensive primary reference list for each topic. This scientific synthesis provides the cultural, economic, scientific and social context for addressing environmental challenges posed by invasive species and will be a valuable resource for scholars, policy makers, natural resource managers and practitioners.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Invasive plants
ISBN : MINN:31951D023361862
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 2280 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128135761
Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene presents a currency-based, global synthesis cataloguing the impact of humanity’s global ecological footprint. Covering a multitude of aspects related to Climate Change, Biodiversity, Contaminants, Geological, Energy and Ethics, leading scientists provide foundational essays that enable researchers to define and scrutinize information, ideas, relationships, meanings and ideas within the Anthropocene concept. Questions widely debated among scientists, humanists, conservationists, politicians and others are included, providing discussion on when the Anthropocene began, what to call it, whether it should be considered an official geological epoch, whether it can be contained in time, and how it will affect future generations. Although the idea that humanity has driven the planet into a new geological epoch has been around since the dawn of the 20th century, the term ‘Anthropocene’ was only first used by ecologist Eugene Stoermer in the 1980s, and hence popularized in its current meaning by atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen in 2000. Presents comprehensive and systematic coverage of topics related to the Anthropocene, with a focus on the Geosciences and Environmental science Includes point-counterpoint articles debating key aspects of the Anthropocene, giving users an even-handed navigation of this complex area Provides historic, seminal papers and essays from leading scientists and philosophers who demonstrate changes in the Anthropocene concept over time
Author : Jane Sutton
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Biological invasions
ISBN : 1634856546
Invasive species constitute a significant environmental and economic threat worldwide, acting as a key driver of biodiversity loss and ecosystem function disruption globally. Biological invasions have the potential to dramatically affect species composition, guild structure and alter interspecific interactions within the invaded community. This book provides the reader with new research on invasive species. Chapter One reviews the adaptive responses of Phalaris arundinacea, an invasive wetland grass, to water stress. Chapter Two discusses the expansion of spider species to help better understand their potential for biological control of pests in agricultural landscapes and for conservation of biodiversity within the ecosystems in which they are found. Chapter Three explores the feasibility of using Parkinsonea aculeata wood as a feedstock for the sustainable development of adsorbents targeted at pollutants removal from wastewater. Chapter Four gives background information on several origins of invasive species, how invasive species respond to environmental changes, and insights on integrated management strategies that focus on enhancing species and ecosystem adaptive capacity and reducing the risks from biodiversity degradation.
Author : Ian D. Rotherham,Robert A. Lambert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781849710718
In an increasingly multicultural society this raises huge questions of ethics and choice.
Author : Tao Orion
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781603585644
Invasive species are everywhere, from forests and prairies to mountaintops and river mouths. Their rampant nature and sheer numbers appear to overtake fragile native species and forever change the ecosystems that they depend on. Concerns that invasive species represent significant threats to global biodiversity and ecological integrity permeate conversations from schoolrooms to board rooms, and concerned citizens grapple with how to rapidly and efficiently manage their populations. These worries have culminated in an ongoing “war on invasive species,” where the arsenal is stocked with bulldozers, chainsaws, and herbicides put to the task of their immediate eradication. In Hawaii, mangrove trees (Avicennia spp.) are sprayed with glyphosate and left to decompose on the sandy shorelines where they grow, and in Washington, helicopters apply the herbicide Imazapyr to smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) growing in estuaries. The “war on invasive species” is in full swing, but given the scope of such potentially dangerous and ecologically degrading eradication practices, it is necessary to question the very nature of the battle. Beyond the War on Invasive Species offers a much-needed alternative perspective on invasive species and the best practices for their management based on a holistic, permaculture-inspired framework. Utilizing the latest research and thinking on the changing nature of ecological systems, Beyond the War on Invasive Species closely examines the factors that are largely missing from the common conceptions of invasive species, including how the colliding effects of climate change, habitat destruction, and changes in land use and management contribute to their proliferation. Beyond the War on Invasive Species demonstrates that there is more to the story of invasive species than is commonly conceived, and offers ways of understanding their presence and ecosystem effects in order to make more ecologically responsible choices in land restoration and biodiversity conservation that address the root of the invasion phenomenon. The choices we make on a daily basis—the ways we procure food, shelter, water, medicine, and transportation—are the major drivers of contemporary changes in ecosystem structure and function; therefore, deep and long-lasting ecological restoration outcomes will come not just from eliminating invasive species, but through conscientious redesign of these production systems.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nonindigenous pests
ISBN : MINN:31951D02492768T
Author : Carla C. Bossard,John M. Randall,Marc C. Hoshovsky
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Invasive plants
ISBN : 0520225465
"Invasive nonnative plants threaten native species with habitat loss, displacement, and severe population declines, thus seriously reducing biodiversity. Invasive Plants of California's Wildlands is a tremendous source for land managers and others who are interested in protecting the rich natural heritage of California and surrounding states."--John C. Sawhill, President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy
Author : Wallace Kaufman,Syl Ramsey Kaufman
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780811749831
Identify and understand the plants that are changing the North American landscape forever.
Author : Marie Venner,National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Invasive plants
ISBN : 9780309097741
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 363: Control of Invasive Species explores the extent to which state departments of transportation are identifying actions that affect the spread of invasive species, preventing introduction, tracking status and locations of "invasives" in a timely and ongoing manner, controlling found populations, restoring invaded habitats, conducting research, and sharing lessons learned. The report documents successful practices and lessons learned. It also synthesizes the state of the practice in developing Integrated (Roadside) Vegetation Management, along with physical, chemical, biological, and cultural control mechanisms.
Author : Environmental Law Institute
Publisher : Environmental Law Institute
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1585760420