Nature out of place : biological invasions in the global age /
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Washington, D.C. :
Island Press,
©2000.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=118257 |
Table of Contents:
- From endemic to generic: feral pigs and the destruction of Hawaii's native forests
- Private worlds: the relationship between ecological isolation and biodiversity
- The great mixers: transportation technology and the spread of invasive species
- Refuge for the mussels: biotic integrity and zebra mussel invasion in the Ohio River Basin
- Rolling the ecological dice: invasiveness, invasibility, and the ecological consequences of invasion
- Fading forests: invasive pests and forest destruction in eastern North America
- Guilty until proven innocent: preventing nonnative species invasions
- After all the sheep are gone: the recovery of Santa Cruz Island after 140 years of grazing
- Holding the line: chemical and mechanical control of nonnative species invasions
- Fighting the green wildfire: integrated management of leafy spurge on the Great Plains
- The search for balance: using biological control to restore invaded natural areas
- The gift of meaning: public involvement in ecological restoration in Madison, Wisconsin
- Bringing it home: increasing public awareness of alien species impacts in Hawaii
- Going local: personal actions for a native planet.