Avian invasions : the ecology and evolution of exotic birds /
Biological invaders represent one of the primary threats to the maintenance of global biodiversity, human health, and the success of human economic enterprises. The continuing globalization of our society ensures that the need to understand the process of biological invasion will only increase in th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Oxford avian biology series ;
v. 1. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Biological invaders represent one of the primary threats to the maintenance of global biodiversity, human health, and the success of human economic enterprises. The continuing globalization of our society ensures that the need to understand the process of biological invasion will only increase in the future. There is also a growing recognition that the study of biological invaders provides a unique insight into basic questions in ecology and evolution. The study of exotic birds has had a particularly long history and has come to represent a fascinating intersection between the study of biologi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 305 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-295) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191552588 0191552585 9780191552595 0191552593 |