Where do camels belong? In the Arab world is the obvious answer.
But they are relative newcomers there. They evolved and lived for
tens of millions of years in North America, while today they retain
their greatest diversity in South America and have their only wild
populations in Australia. This is a classic example of the problems
that underlie the issues of natural and invasive species, a hot
issue right now, as the flip side of biodiversity. But do we need
to fear invaders? And indeed, can we control them, and do we choose
the right targets? In "Where Do Camels Belong?" Ken Thompson puts
forward a fascinating array of narratives on invasive and natural
plants and animals to explore what he sees as the crucial question
-- why only a minority of introduced species succeed, and why so
few of them go on to cause trouble. He discusses, too, whether fear
of invasive species could be getting in the way of conserving
biodiversity, and especially of responding to the threat of climate
change. This is a timely, instructive and controversial book that
delivers unexpected answers.
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