GAO-01-724 Invasive Species: Obstacles Hinder Federal Rapid Response to Growing Threat
This book examines various invasive species from around the world and how they were introduced into habitats that were inappropriate.
A Plague of Rats and Rubbervines. Washington, DC: Island Press. Buhs, Joshua B. 2004. The Fire Ant Wars. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Dahlsten, Donald L., and Richard Garcia, eds. 1989. Eradication of Exotic Pests.
Beyond the War on Invasive Species demonstrates that there is more to the story of invasive species than is commonly conceived, and offers ways of understanding their presence and ecosystem effects in order to make more ecologically ...
Changing patterns of global commerce are leading to the breakdown of biogeographic barriers that have historically kept the floras and faunas of different continents separate. Some introduced species not only...
Risk assessment, detection, control, legal, instruments, plants, animals.
This intriguing volume is filled with eye-catching photographs, graphics, and facts that support important elementary science concepts.
Drawing together a wide variety of ecologists, historians, economists, legal scholars, policymakers, and communication scholars, Invasive Species in a Globalized World aims to facilitate a dialogue among these various disciplines in order ...
This book examines ways these invaders harm, or help, the environment, and what to do about them.
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