Alien & Invasive Animals

by Picker, Mike; Griffiths, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781770078239
• ISBN10: 1770078231
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-15
• Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Summary

A southern African perspective on the spread of alien animal species and their effect on local environments, this book offers a broad approach to the subject, increasing its applicability beyond the region. Sure to become a standard reference to the subject, this book will create awareness around alien species both here and abroad. South Africa and Australia are at the forefront of alien-species research and their effects on local environments but this information is locked in journal articles that do not reach the right audience. While the book presents a southern African perspective, it will offer a broad approach to the subject, increasing its applicability beyond our region.. Will be of wide interest: conservationists; farmers; students; gardeners; anglers, and anyone with an interest in the natural world.

Author Biography

Mike Picker is an Associate Professor in the Zoology Department, University of Cape Town. He has vast field experience in insect natural history, and publishes and undertakes consultation work on insect diversity and ecology. He is the first author of the best-selling Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Charles Griffiths is a Professor (and former Head) of the Zoology Department, University of Cape Town. He is author of over 150 scientific publications and four field guides, mostly on marine life, and is a well-known natural history photographer.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Alien and invasive animals defined	p. 7
Historical perspective	p. 8
A South African perspective	p. 10
Costs and consequences	p. 12
South Africa as an exporter of problem animals	p. 16
Prevention and control	p. 18
How to use this book	p. 20
Species Accounts
Mammals: Mammalia	p. 22
Birds: Aves	p. 36
Reptiles: Reptilia	p. 45
Fishes: Teleostei	p. 47
Sea squirts: Ascidiacea	p. 71
Echinoderms: Echinodermata	p. 76
Springtails: Collembola	p. 78
Silverfish: Thysanura	p. 81
Cockroaches: Blattodea	p. 82
Termites: Isoptera	p. 84
Earwigs: Dermaptera	p. 86
Stick insects: Phasmatodea	p. 89
Web-spinners: Embioptera	p. 90
Booklice: Psocoptera	p. 91
Bugs: Hemiptera	p. 92
Thrips: Thysanoptera	p. 104
Lice: Phthiraptera	p. 107
Beetles: Coleoptera	p. 108
Butterflies, moths: Lepidoptera	p. 118
Flies: Diptera	p. 125
Fleas: Siphonaptera	p. 137
Wasps, bees, ants: Hymenoptera	p. 140
Centipedes, millipedes: Myriapoda	p. 147
Spiders, mites, ticks: Arachnida	p. 150
Crustaceans: Crustacea	p. 160
Roundworms: Nematoda	p. 172
Segmented worms: Annelida	p. 174
Molluscs: Molfusca	p. 181
Lamp shells: Brachiopoda	p. 199
Moss or lace animals: Bryozoa	p. 200
Flatworms: Platyhelminthes	p. 202
Anemones, jellyfish, hydroids: Cnidaria	p. 205
Sponges: Porifera	p. 208
Further Reading	p. 209
Glossary	p. 210
Index	p. 212
Appendix	p. 222
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