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Ecology and Control of Introduced Plants [Minkštas viršelis]

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(York University, Toronto), (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 328 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 229x152x19 mm, weight: 480 g, 35 Tables, unspecified
  • Serija: Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Išleidimo metai: 15-May-2003
  • Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0521357780
  • ISBN-13: 9780521357784
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 328 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 229x152x19 mm, weight: 480 g, 35 Tables, unspecified
  • Serija: Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Išleidimo metai: 15-May-2003
  • Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0521357780
  • ISBN-13: 9780521357784
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Raktažodžiai:
The global spread of plant species by humans is both a fascinating large scale experiment and, in many cases, a major perturbation to native plant communities. Many of the most destructive weeds today have been intentionally introduced to new environments where they have had unexpected and detrimental impacts. This 2003 book considers the problem of invasive introduced plants from historical, ecological and sociological perspectives. We consider such questions as 'What makes a community invasible?', 'What makes a plant an invader?' and 'Can we restore plant communities after invasion?' Written with advanced students and land managers in mind, this book contains practical explanations, case studies and an introduction to basic techniques for evaluating the impacts of invasive plants. An underlying theme is that experimental and quantitative evaluation of potential problems is necessary, and solutions must consider the evolutionary and ecological constraints acting on species interactions in newly invaded communities.

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' I find this book very helpful as a textbook on invasion ecology and ecology not only for the students of ecology, but also for the teachers or people from NGOs. Although this book is written for beginners in ecology, it is not boring even for the advanced readers. By using plenty of examples such as case studies and recent references, the authors make the book suitable for a wider audience. The use of language that makes it easy to read for the non-native English speaking students is another reason why I recommend this book.' Folia Geobotanica 'Although this book is written for beginners in ecology, it is not boring even for the advanced readers. By using plenty of examples such as case studies and recent references, the authors make the book suitable for a wider audience.' Folia Botanica ' a 'must-have' for entomologists interested in ecological relations between phytophagous insects and invasive plants and manipulation of these relations through biological control of weeds amply illustrated ' American Entomologist

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This 2003 book discusses the impact of introduced plant species on native ecosystems and methods of their control.
Preface xiii
1 Introduction 1(13)
Weeds and the value of native species
1(5)
The socio-economic background of plant introduction
6(2)
Turning back the clock - is restoration possible?
8(3)
Biological control as an approach to introduced weeds
11(1)
Promoting ecosystem management for native species
12(1)
Conclusions
13(1)
2 Planet of Weeds: exotic plants in the landscape 14(37)
The scope of the problem: how many and how costly are non-native plant species?
17(3)
What's in a name?
20(3)
Patterns of plant introductions
23(11)
The ecological theory of colonization and invasion
34(2)
Landscape ecology and invasive species
36(14)
Conclusions
50(1)
3 Biological invasions in the context of plant communities 51(38)
Part 1-Characteristics of native plant communities that influence plant invasions
51(28)
Disturbance and succession
53(1)
Grime's C-S-R model of succession
54(2)
Disturbance and the invasion of plant species
56(4)
Herbivory and introduced plant species
60(4)
Interspecific competition and plant invasion
64(15)
Part 2-The effects of invasive species on plant communities and ecosystems
79(9)
Conclusions
88(1)
4 Predicting invasiveness from life history characteristics 89(31)
What are life history traits?
89(7)
Seed germination and dispersal
96(3)
Disturbance and seed persistence
99(4)
Seed size and seed predation
103(3)
Vegetative reproduction
106(4)
Case study - Phragmites australis - a story of successful vegetative reproduction
110(1)
Do life history characteristics predict invasiveness?
111(2)
Predicting invasive species and the design of quarantine regulations
113(5)
Conclusions
118(2)
5 Population ecology and introduced plants 120(27)
Why study plant populations?
120(1)
What determines plant population densities?
121(5)
Self-thinning and the 3/2 rule
126(1)
Are plants seed limited?
127(2)
Demographic parameters
129(2)
Monitoring populations
131(1)
Life tables and key factor analysis
132(7)
Population ecology of vegetatively reproducing plants
139(1)
Case study - Diffuse knapweed in British Columbia
140(6)
Conclusions
146(1)
6 Introduced plant diseases 147(17)
Introduction
147(1)
Chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)
148(1)
Joint introductions - common barberry and wheat stem rust
149(2)
Sudden oak death and rhododendrons
151(1)
White pine blister rust, Cronartium ribicola
152(2)
Pandemics of Dutch elm disease, Ophiostoma ulmi and O. novo-ulmi
154(1)
Introduction of fungi for biological control of weeds
155(3)
Uromycladium tepperianum on Acacia saligna in South Africa
158(1)
Puccinia chondrillina on Chondrilla juncea in Australia
158(2)
The potential role of soil microbes in invasiveness
160(1)
Preventing the introductions of plant diseases
161(1)
Conclusions
162(2)
7 Biological control of introduced plants 164(31)
Introduction
164(1)
How successful is biological control?
165(14)
Can we predict successful agents and vulnerable plants?
179(2)
Can we predict what will be a successful biological control agent?
181(10)
Is biological control safe?
191(2)
Conclusions
193(2)
8 Modeling invasive plants and their control 195(29)
Introduction
195(1)
The history of modeling biological control
195(4)
Modeling the impact of seed predators
199(4)
Models of Scotch broom
203(5)
Combining population models and experiments
208(4)
The world is variable but models are not
212(1)
Modeling invasive plants - what have we learned?
212(2)
Modeling invasions as they spread across habitats and landscapes
214(5)
What models tell us about detecting invasions
219(2)
Invasion speed for structured populations
221(1)
Slowing the spread
222(1)
Conclusions
223(1)
9 Action against non-indigenous species 224(20)
Introduction
224(2)
Manuals and advice
226(1)
Physical control methods
227(3)
Chemical control of non-indigenous plant species
230(1)
Costs and benefits of control
231(2)
Assessing control of non-indigenous species
233(1)
Eradication as a goal
234(3)
Increasing the chances of successful control
237(2)
Who should take responsibility for introduced species?
239(2)
The uncertain status of some invasive species
241(2)
Conclusions
243(1)
10 Genetically modified plants and final conclusions 244(7)
Genetically modified plants: another time bomb?
244(3)
Some concluding remarks
247(4)
Appendix 251(20)
References 271(30)
Index 301


Judith H. Myers is a Professor in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Dawn R. Bazely is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at York University, Ontario, Canada.