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- An important global change issue and a focus for ecological research and conservation management
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 186)
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Man’s recent colonization of New Zealand has dramatically altered the resident biota and resulted in the introduction of numerous alien organisms to these once remote islands. In reverse, there is increasing evidence of a lesser known export of species to other regions of the world. This volume presents an in-depth review of the level and rate of such invasions, and investigates what controls the success of invaders and the consequences for ecosystems both on land and offshore. It provides invasion biologists everywhere with tests of current theories about those factors leading to the success of invaders as well as evaluating principles for understanding the nature of their impacts that form a solid basis for the effective management of biological invasions worldwide.
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Motivations and consequences of the human dispersal of plants
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Magnitude of Alien Invasion
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Controls on Invasion Success
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Reviews
From the reviews:
"This volume of the ‘Ecological Studies’ summarizes the ‘invader problem’ in New Zealand, regarding terrestrial, freshwater and marine systems. … The book gives a comprehensive overview of the knowledge about biological invasions in New Zealand and is strongly recommended to all students and scientists dealing with the worldwide invader problem. Furthermore, it will encourage researchers to fill the gaps of knowledge concerning invasion biology in this unique archipelago." (Angelika Schwabe, Phytocoenologia, Vol. 38 (1-2), August, 2008)
"Biological Invasions in New Zealand is a big, important book. It is of uniformly high quality and deserves a place in the library of an invasion biologist … . It sets the standard for exhaustive national treatment of invasions." (Daniel Simberloff, Biological Invasions, Vol. 11, 2009)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biological Invasions in New Zealand
Editors: Robert B. Allen, William G. Lee
Series Title: Ecological Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30023-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-30022-9Published: 20 March 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-30023-6Published: 04 July 2006
Series ISSN: 0070-8356
Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 461
Topics: Ecology, Terrestial Ecology, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Biodiversity, Environmental Management, Nature Conservation