Invasive species and global climate change /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014.
• Series: CABI invasive species series ; 4.
• Subjects: Introduced organisms.; Climatic changes.; Weeds and Noxious Plants.; Meteorology and Climate.; Plant Ecology.; Adaptation.; Case studies.; Climate change.; Detection.; Invasions.; Invasive species.; Weed control.; Weeds.
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This book is part of the "CABI Invasive Series", which addresses all topics relating to invasive species, including biosecurity surveillance, mapping and modelling, economics of invasive species and species interactions in plant invasions. Aimed at researchers, upper-level students and pol...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Jeffrey S. Dukes and Lewis H. Ziska
• Communicating the Dynamic Complexities of Climate and Ecology : Species Invasion and Resource Changes / John Peter Thompson and Lewis H. Ziska
• Climate Change and Plant Pathogen Invasions / Karen A. Garrett, Sara Thomas-Sharma, Greg A. Forbes and John Hernandez Nopsa
• Analysis of Invasive Insects : Links to Climate Change / Andrew Paul Gutierrez and Luigi Ponti
• Climate Change, Plant Traits and Invasion in Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems / Dana M. Blumenthal and Julie A. Kray
• Non-native Species in Antarctic Terrestrial Environments: The Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activity / Kevin A. Hughes and Peter Convey
• Synergies between Climate Change and Species Invasions : Evidence from Marine Systems / Cascade J.B. Sorte
• Ragweed in Eastern Europe / László Makra, István Matyasovszky and Áron József Deák
• Climate Change and Alien Species in South Africa / Ulrike M. Irlich, David M. Richardson, Sarah J. Davies and Steven L. Chown
• Climate Change and 'Alien Species in National Parks' : Revisited / Thomas J. Stohlgren, Jessica R. Resnik and Glenn E. Plumb
• Invasive Plants in a Rapidly Changing Climate : An Australian Perspective / Bruce L. Webber, Rieks D. van Klinken and John K. Scott
• Invasive Species of China and Their Responses to Climate Change / Bo Li, Shujuan Wei, Hui Li, Qiang Yang and Meng Lu
• Identifying Invasive Species in Real Time : Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System (EDDMapS) and Other Mapping Tools / Rebekah D. Wallace and Charles T. Bargeron
• Global Identification of Invasive Species : The CABI Invasive Species Compendium as a Resource / Hilda Diaz-Soltero and Peter R. Scott
• The Biogeography of Invasive Plants - Projecting Range Shifts with Climate Change / Bethany A. Bradley
• Identifying Climate Change as a Factor in the Establishment and Persistence of Invasive Weeds in Agricultural Crops / Antonio DiTommaso, Qin Zhong and David R. Clements
• Assessing and Managing the Impact of Climate Change on Invasive Species : The PBDM Approach / Andrew Paul Gutierrez and Luigi Ponti
• Climate, CO2 and Invasive Weed Management / Lewis H. Ziska
• Early Detection and Rapid Response : A Cost-effective Strategy for Minimizing the Establishment and Spread of New and Emerging Invasive Plants by Global Trade, Travel and Climate Change / Randy G. Westbrooks, Steven T. Manning and John D. Waugh
• Adapting to Invasions in a Changing World : Invasive Species as an Economic Resource / Matthew A. Barnes, Andrew M. Deines, Rachel M. Gentile and Laura E. Grieneisen.