Invasive Species: What Everyone Needs to Know®

What Everyone Needs to Know covers such topics as how humans introduce these species-sometimes inadvertently, but often deliberately-the areas that have suffered the most biological invasions, the methods we use to keep our borders safe, the policies we currently have in place to manage these species, and future prospects for controlling their spread. An eminent ecologist, Simberloff analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of invasive species on various ecosystems, such as when non-native species out-compete native species for food or light, describes how invasive species such as the Asian mosquito that is a vector for West Nile virus, itself an invasive species transmit pathogens, and explains his acclaimed theory of "invasional meltdown" in which two or more introduced species combine to produce a far more devastating impact than any one of them would have caused alone.

What Everyone Needs to Know also discusses the more controversial issues surrounding invasive species and it concludes with suggested readings and a list of related web sites. Geography and time course of invasions 1. Which areas have incurred the most biological invasions, and where have most invasions originated? When have invasions occurred and by what means? How have rates of invasions changed? The particular vulnerability of island ecosystems. Distribution of introduced species among habitats. Introduced species and global climate change III.

Impacts of introduced species 1. Many have little or no impact 2. Evolution of introduced species and of natives in response to them 1. Life cycle evolution 4. Management of introduced species 1. International agreements and national regulatory frameworks 2. Controversial matters regarding invasions 1.

Useful introduced species 2. Introduced species and biodiversity 3. How do we know a species is introduced? Prospect - the Homogocene? Suggested reading and websites. He is the author of approximately publications on ecology, biogeography, evolution, and conservation biology; much of his research focuses on causes and consequences of biological invasions. He is senior editor of the Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions , editor-in-chief of Biological Invasions , associate editor of the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics , and serves on the editorial boards of several other journals.

About Help Blog Jobs Welcome to our new website. Benton Richard Fortey View All. Go to British Wildlife. Policymakers and ecologists continue to try to figure out which species might be harmful, which invasive species are doing the most damage, and which of these might respond best to eradication efforts. Invasive species reports and case studies are prevalent in political, environmental, and scientific news cycles, and a significant portion of the public is concerned about the issue.

He then moves on to the direct and indirect impacts of the impacts of invasive species on various ecosystems, such as habitat and resource competition, how invasive species transmit pathogens, and how introduced plants and animals can modify a habitat to favor other non-native species. Simberloff's final chapters will discuss the evolution of invasive species, the policies we currently have in place to manage them, and future prospects for controlling their spread. The book will also contain a section dedicated to the more controversial topics surrounding invasive species: Read more Read less.

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An Introductory Guide to Climate Change. The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants. Here's how restrictions apply. Reflecting the author's unbiased writing, the book includes a chapter on the controversies surrounding the science and regulation of invasive species. Shmaefsky, Lone Star College - Kingwood, CHOICE "Simberloff's narrative style clearly communicates the natural processes operating in invasion biology, along with the immense magnitude of invasion damages. Oxford University Press; 1 edition August 1, Language: Start reading Invasive Species: Don't have a Kindle?

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Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. This is a very good source or reference work. In fact the table of contents would make a good outline for a course on Invasive Species Management. The main feature is large lists of examples of a large range of invasive species issues; and there are a huge number of these examples. There is a very useful long list and index of species. The bibliography lists not only research and reference works but also a substantial list of web sites.

As research the book is fairly well written and complete. This work is recommended for students or researcers in Invasive Species. However, the subtitle reads 'What Everyone Needs to Know' and this means the book was meant for the general reader.

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The writing style is academic, as you get in research journal papers: The format is rather boring if you are not looking for something specific. There is a tendency to wordiness. Finally, this is much more than 'Everyone Needs to Know'.

For research this very good. For the general reader rather lacking. I imagine this would be great source material for a high school level biology class. It strives to break up the subject matter into topically interesting elements, but I wish it had a better organizing principle. The cover-to-cover reader will find examples repeated under different headings, but I don't see how that can be avoided.

It is a good enough, thought-provoking book that I will pass it along to my granddaughter in a few years. This is a good, thorough and comprehensive book about the disasters that non-native invasive species cause.