Invasion Dynamics (Hardcover)

Cang Hui, David M. Richardson

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Humans have moved organisms around the world for centuries but it is only relatively recently that invasion ecology has grown into a mainstream research field. This book examines both the spread and impact dynamics of invasive species, placing the science of invasion biology on a new, more rigorous, theoretical footing, and proposing a concept of adaptive networks as the foundation for future research. Biological invasions are considered not as simple actions of invaders and reactions of invaded ecosystems, but as co-evolving complex adaptive systems with emergent features of network complexity and invasibility. Invasion Dynamics focuses on the ecology of invasive species and their impacts in recipient social-ecological systems. It discusses not only key advances and challenges within the traditional domain of invasion ecology, but introduces approaches, concepts, and insights from many other disciplines such as complexity science, systems science, and ecology more broadly. It will be of great value to invasion biologists analyzing spread and/or impact dynamics as well as other ecologists interested in spread processes or habitat management.

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Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2017
Authors:	Cang Hui (Professor of Mathematical Biology) • David M. Richardson (Professor of Ecology)
Dimensions:	248 x 196 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-874533-4
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Mathematical modelling Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal ecology Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > Biodiversity Promotions
LSN:	0-19-874533-8
Barcode:	9780198745334