Synopses & Reviews
Changing patterns of global commerce are leading to the breakdown of biogeographic barriers that have historically kept the floras and faunas of different continents separate. Some introduced species not only take hold in their new foreign habitat but also become aggressive; these andquot;invasivesandquot; can exact a serious toll on ecosystem diversity and processes. Global changes - including changes in atmospheric composition, land use patterns,and fire regimes - are likely to foster the success of invaders in coming decades.
Invasive Species in a Changing World brings together leading scientists from around the world - including Carla M. D'Antonio, Jeffrey McNeely, Robert Sutherst, David Richardson, and others - to examine the invasive species phenomenon and to consider the mutual interactions between global change and invasives that are likely to occur over the next century.The book:
- offers a comprehensive look at the status of freshwater, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems in relation to invasives
- examines physical factors that will influence the future success ofinvading species
- considers the tools available to track changing patterns and movements
- looks at human dimensions including human health effects, and effects oncrops
- describes the problem in different parts of the world
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Contributors focus on the proposition that global change will exacerbatethe invasive species problem, and set forth the idea that invasives are themselves a global change element that need to be considered in global change scenarios.
Invasive Species in a Changing World provides readers with the background and knowledge they need to begin developing strategies to combat the invasive species problem, and is essential reading for anyone concerned with the impact of invasive species on ecosystem health and functioning.
About the Author
Harold A. Mooney is professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University, and chairman of the international Global Invasives Species Programme.
Richard J. Hobbs is officer in charge at CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology in Perth, Australia, and president of the Australian Ecological Society.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Harold A. Mooney and Richard J. Hobbs
Part I: Dimensions of the Problem
Chapter 1. Freshwater Nonindigenous Species: Interactions with
Other Global Changes
Cynthia S. Kolar and David M. Lodge
Chapter 2. Global Change and Biological Invasions
in the Ocean
James T. Carlton
Chapter 3. Land-Use Changes and Invasions
Richard J. Hobbs
Chapter 4. Fire, Plant Invasions, and Global Changes
Carla M. D'Antonio
Chapter 5. Will the Increasing Atmospheric CO2 Concentration
Affect the Success of Invasive Species?
Jeffery S. Dukes
Chapter 6. Microevolutionary Influences of Global Changes on
Plant Invasions
Spencer C. H. Barrett
Chapter 7. Assessing the Extent, Status, and Dynamism of Plant
Invasions: Current and Emerging Approaches
Richard N. Mack
Part II: Societal Impacts
Chapter 8. The Future of Alien Species:
Changing Social Views
Jeffery A. McNeely
Chapter 9. Global Changes, Invasive Species, and
Human Health
Anthony J. McMichael and Menno J. Bouma
Chapter 10. Climate Change and Invasive Species:
A Conceptual Framework
Robert W. Sutherst
Chapter 11. The Economics of Alien Species Invasions
Rosamond L. Naylor
Chapter 12. Valuing Ecosystem Services Lost to Tamarix Invasion
in the United States
Erika Zavaleta
Part III: Regional Examples
Chapter 13. Invasive Alien Species and Global Change:
A South African Perspective
David M. Richardson, William J. Bond, W. Richard J. Dean, Steven I.
Higgins, Guy F. Midgley, Suzanne J. Milton, Leslie W. Powrie, Michael
C. Rutherford, Michael J. Samways, and Roland E. Schulze
Chapter 14. Plant Invasions in Germany: General Aspects and Impact
of Nitrogen Deposition
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Andrew Elend, Stephanie Nollert and
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Chapter 15. Invasive Species and Environmental Changes
in New Zealand
Mick N. Clout and Sarah J. Lowe
Chapter 16. Plant Invasions in Chile: Present Patterns
and Future Predictions
Mary T. Kalin Arroyo, Clodomiro Marticorena, Oscar Matthei, and
Lohengrin Cavieres
Part IV: Summary
Chapter 17. Global Change and Invasive Species:
Where Do We Go From Here?
Harold A. Mooney and Richard J. Hobbs
Contributors
Index