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In view of the massive change in the area of distribution of many
world biota across classical biogeographical realms, and of the
drastic restructuring of the biotic components of numerous
ecosystems, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
(SCOPE) decided at its general Assembly in Ottawa, Canada, in 1982
to launch a project on the 'Ecology of Biological Invasions'.
Several regional meetings were subsequently organized within the
framework of SCOPE, in order to single out the peculiarities of the
invasions that took place in each region, the behaviour of their
invasive species and the invasibility of their ecosystems. Most
noteworthy among such workshops were one in Australia in August
1984, one concerning North America and Hawaii in October 1984, and
one dealing with southern Africa in November 1985. A leitmotiv of
these workshops was that most of the invasive species to those
regions were emanating from Europe and the Mediterranean Basin,
inadvertently or intentionally introduced by man. It was therefore
considered as a timely endeavour to organize the next regional
meeting in relation to this region. The workshop on 'Biological
Invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin' was held in
Montpellier, France, 21 to 23 May 1986, thanks to the financial
support of SCOPE and of the A.W. Mellon Foundation, and the
logistic facilities of the Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique (C.N .R.S.).
In view of the massive change in the area of distribution of many
world biota across classical biogeographical realms, and of the
drastic restructuring of the biotic components of numerous
ecosystems, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
(SCOPE) decided at its general Assembly in Ottawa, Canada, in 1982
to launch a project on the 'Ecology of Biological Invasions'.
Several regional meetings were subsequently organized within the
framework of SCOPE, in order to single out the peculiarities of the
invasions that took place in each region, the behaviour of their
invasive species and the invasibility of their ecosystems. Most
noteworthy among such workshops were one in Australia in August
1984, one concerning North America and Hawaii in October 1984, and
one dealing with southern Africa in November 1985. A leitmotiv of
these workshops was that most of the invasive species to those
regions were emanating from Europe and the Mediterranean Basin,
inadvertently or intentionally introduced by man. It was therefore
considered as a timely endeavour to organize the next regional
meeting in relation to this region. The workshop on 'Biological
Invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin' was held in
Montpellier, France, 21 to 23 May 1986, thanks to the financial
support of SCOPE and of the A.W. Mellon Foundation, and the
logistic facilities of the Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique (C.N .R.S.).
Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 53 held in Boulder, Colorado,
21-26 August 1972
Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 53 held in Boulder, Colorado,
21-26 August 1972
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