Overview
- Covers biological invasions of both plants and animals
- Treats biological invasions from species to ecosystem to global dimensions
- Discusses human impact, ecological, economic and socio-economic aspects
- Review-like structure of the chapters
- Chapters bundled into sections with a short introduction into each section
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 193)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Biological Invasions: why it Matters
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Pathways of Biological Invasions
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Front Matter
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Patterns of Invasion and Invasibility
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Front Matter
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Ecological Impact of Biological Invasions
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Keywords
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biological Invasions
Editors: Wolfgang Nentwig
Series Title: Ecological Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36920-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-36919-6Published: 13 November 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-77375-7Published: 04 March 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-36920-2Published: 13 February 2007
Series ISSN: 0070-8356
Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 446
Topics: Animal Ecology, Plant Ecology, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Environmental Economics, Environmental Management, Biodiversity