Invasion Biology - Hypotheses and Evidence (Hardcover)

There are many hypotheses describing the interactions involved in biological invasions, but it is largely unknown whether they are backed up by empirical evidence. This book fills that gap by developing a tool for assessing research hypotheses and applying it to twelve invasion hypotheses, using the hierarchy-of-hypotheses (HoH) approach, and mapping the connections between theory and evidence. In Part 1, an overview chapter of invasion biology is followed by an introduction to the HoH approach and short chapters by science theorists and philosophers who comment on the approach. Part 2 outlines the invasion hypotheses and their interrelationships. These include biotic resistance and island susceptibility hypotheses, disturbance hypothesis, invasional meltdown hypothesis, enemy release hypothesis, evolution of increased competitive ability and shifting defence hypotheses, tens rule, phenotypic plasticity hypothesis, Darwin's naturalization and limiting similarity hypotheses and the propagule pressure hypothesis. Part 3 provides a synthesis and suggests future directions for invasion research

General

Imprint:	Cabi Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	CABI Invasives Series
Release date:	April 2018
Editors:	Jonathan Jeschke • Tina Heger
Contributors:	Sabrina Amador-Vargas • Tim M. Blackburn • Raul Renno Braga • Phillip Cassey • Simon Debille • Martin Enders • Felix Erhard • Alejandro G. Farji-Brener
Dimensions:	172 x 244 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	188
ISBN-13:	978-1-78064-764-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > Conservation of wildlife & habitats > Endangered species & extinction of species
LSN:	1-78064-764-6
Barcode:	9781780647647

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