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Invasion Ecology, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 978-1-444-33365-7

June 2013

Wiley-Blackwell

456 pages

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Description
This new edition of Invasion Ecology provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research findings associated with each stage of invasion, the book provides an overview of the invasion process from transportation patterns and causes of establishment success to ecological impacts, invader management, and post-invasion evolution. The authors have produced new chapters on predicting and preventing invasion, managing and eradicating invasive species, and invasion dynamics in a changing climate.

Modern global trade and travel have led to unprecedented movement of non-native species by humans with unforeseen, interesting, and occasionally devastating consequences. Increasing recognition of the problems associated with invasion has led to a rapid growth in research into the dynamics of non-native species and their adverse effects on native biota and human economies. This book provides a synthesis of this fast growing field of research and is an essential text for undergraduate and graduate students in ecology and conservation management.

Additional resources are available at www.wiley.com/go/invasionecology

About the Author

Julie Lockwood is a Professor at Rutgers University.  Her research interests include conservation biology, population biology and biological invasions. 

Martha F. Hoopes is an Associate Professor at Mount Holyoke College. She has worked primarily with plants and insects on questions of spatial community dynamics and invasions.

Michael P. Marchetti is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Ecology at St. Mary's College of California.  He is an aquatic ecologist who primarily studies community and landscape aspects of freshwater invaders in the western U.S.