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Invasive exotic species in the Sonoran region
xxvi, 424 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Deep history of immigration in the Sonoran Desert region -- Human introduction of exotic species in the Sonoran region -- Exotic plant species in the western United States : putting the Sonorian Floristic Province into perspective -- Natural barriers to plant naturalizations and invasions in the Sonoran Desert -- Invasive exotic plants in the Sonoran Desert -- Invasive plants : their occurrence and possible impact on the Central Gulf Coast of Sonora and the Midriff Islands in the Sea of Cortʹes -- Invasive vertebrates on Islands of the Sea of Cortʹes -- Mexican grasslands, thornscrub, and the transformation of the Sonoran Desert by invasive exotic bufflegrass -- Exotic species in grasslands -- Alien annual grasses and their relationships to fire and biotic change in Sonoran desertscrub -- Foreign visitors in riparian corridors of the American Southwest : is xenophytophobia justified? -- Widespread effects of introduced species on reptiles and amphibians in the Sonoran Desert region -- The biodiversity and distribution of exotic vascular plants and animals in the Grand Canyon region -- Efforts of the USDA's Plant Protection and Quarantine program to exclude Foreign Pest series -- Biological control of invasive exotic plant species : protocol, history, and safeguards -- Invasive species and fence lines -- Management of buffelgrass on Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona -- The range of control methods --- Overview and parting shots
Includes bibliographical references (pages [366]-414) and index.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum studies in natural history