Invasive Alien Species

Summary

Invasive alien species are among today's most daunting environmental threats, costing billions of dollars in economic damages and wreaking havoc on ecosystems around the world. In 1997, a consortium of scientific organizations including SCOPE, IUCN, and CABI developed the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) with the explicit objective of providing new tools for understanding and coping with invasive alien species. Invasive Alien Species is the final report of GISP's first phase of operation, 1997-2000, in which authorities from more than thirty countries worked to examine invasions as a worldwide environmental hazard. The book brings together the world's leading scientists and researchers involved with invasive alien species to offer a comprehensive summary and synthesis of the current state of knowledge on the subject. Invasive alien species represent a critical threat to natural ecosystems and native biodiversity, as well as to human economic vitality and health. The knowledge gained to date in understanding and combating invasive alien species can form a useful basis on which to build strategies for controlling or minimizing the effects in the future. Invasive Alien Species is an essential reference for the international community of investigators concerned with biological invasions.

List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xvii

Invasive Alien Species: The Nature of the Problem

(15)

Harold A. Mooney

The Economics of Biological Invasions

(20)

Charles Perrings

Silvana Dalmazzone

Mark Williamson

Vector Science and Integrated Vector Management in Bioinvasion Ecology: Conceptual Frameworks

(23)

James T. Carlton

Gregory M. Ruiz

The ISSG Global Invasive Species Database and Other Aspects of an Early Warning System

(25)

Maj de Poorter

Michael Browne

Sarah Lowe

Mick Clout

Characterizing Ecological Risks of Introductions and Invasions

(20)

David A. Andow

Ecology of Invasive Plants: State of the Art

104

(58)

Marcel Rejmanek

David M. Richardson

Steven I. Higgins

Michael J. Pitcairn

Eva Grotkopp

Facilitation and Synergistic Interactions between Introduced Aquatic Species

162

(17)

Anthony Ricciardi

Assessing Biotic Invasions in Time and Space: The Second Imperative

179

(30)

Richard N. Mack

Best Practices for the Prevention and Management of Invasive Alien Species

209

(24)

Rudiger Wittenberg

Matthew J. W. Cock

Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Invasive Alien Species

233

(52)

Clare Shine

Nattley Williams

Francoise Burhenne-Guilmin

Human Dimensions of Invasive Alien Species

285

(25)

Jeffrey A. McNeely

Invasive Species in a Changing World: The Interactions between Global Change and Invasives

310

(22)

Richard J. Hobbs

Harold A. Mooney

A Global Strategy on Invasive Alien Species: Synthesis and Ten Strategic Elements

332

(15)

Jeffrey A. McNeely

Harold A. Mooney

Laurie E. Neville

Peter Johan Schei

Jeffrey K. Waage

List of Contributors

347

(4)

SCOPE Series List

351

(4)

SCOPE Executive Committee 2005--2008

355

(2)

Index

357

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.