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Biological invasions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baskin, Yvonne
Corporate Authors: International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, Global Invasive Species Programme
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, [2002]
Subjects:
Conservation of Natural Resources.
Pest Control.
Ecology.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : confronting a shrinking world
  • 2. Reuniting Pangaea
  • 3. Wheat and trout, weeds and pestilence
  • 4. Elbowing out the natives
  • 5. The good, the bad, the fuzzy
  • 6. The making of a pest
  • 7. Taking risks with strangers
  • 8. Stemming the tide
  • 9. Beachheads and sleepers
  • 10. Taking control
  • 11. Islands no longer
  • 12. Can we preserve integrity of place?