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Global Plant Invasions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
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Global Plant Invasions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
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Invasive species have inspired concern for many reasons, including
economic and environmental impacts in specific jurisdictions within
particular countries. However, it is apparent that for some
invasive plant species, political borders offer only weak barriers
because these species have succeeded in invading many countries,
emerging as threats at a global level. With this level of threat, a
number of books on invasive plants and invasive species in general
have been published in recent years, but none explicitly provides
"global" coverage, perhaps because it is only recently that the
full geographical, economic and environmental implications of
widespread spread and adaptive nature of these particular invasive
plants have been recognized. We plan to make this volume unique by
profiling plant invasions in explicitly geographical contexts; on
the world continents (Chapters 5-11), as well as islands (Chapter
12) and mountains (Chapter 13). This global approach is supported
by an overview of invasion biology and recent advances (Chapter 1)
and how different communities differ in invasibility (Chapter 2).
Global factors influencing invasion are introduced in Chapter 3
(globalized trade) and Chapter 4 (climate change). Key species are
profiled through geographic treatments, continent by continent
(Chapters 5-11), and for islands (Chapter 12) and mountains
(Chapter 13). The impact of invasive plants is highlighted in
Chapter 14, both in biotic and economic terms, partly to counter
the tendency for the young field of invasion biology to rely too
much on anecdotal evidence. This chapters is also designed to bring
home the message that these are serious problems that must be dealt
with, as covered in the subsequent chapters. The book concludes
with three chapters casting light on solutions to the many problems
described in the rest of the volume. Chapter 15 features new,
innovative technologies that are being developed to monitor and
manage invasive plants, and Chapter 16 presents comprehensive
strategies for public education and implementation of management on
local and global scales. Chapter 17 describes different future
scenarios depending on current trends in plant invasion and its
management, just as climate change predictions employ various
scenarios to project the future. The future is very much up to us,
as humanity grapples with the question of how best to strategically
meet the problems of global invasive plant problems that we
ourselves have created that is further challenged by a changing
climate. We are confident that this book will be of interest to
invasion biologists, resource managers, and the legion of others
who must deal with these invasive plants across the globe on a
daily basis.
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