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Biological homogenization is the dominant process shaping the
future global biosphere. As global transportation becomes faster
and more frequent, it is inevitable that biotic intermixing will
increase. Unique local biotas will become extinct only to be
replaced by already widespread biotas that can tolerate human
activities. This process is affecting all aspects of our world:
language, economies, and ecosystems alike. The ultimate outcome is
the loss of uniqueness and the growth of uniformity. In this way,
fast food restaurants exist in Moscow and Java Sparrows breed on
Hawaii. Biological homogenization qualifies as a global
environmental catastrophe. The Earth has never witnessed such a
broad and complete reorganization of species distributions.
Biological homogenization is the dominant process shaping the
future global biosphere. As global transportation becomes faster
and more frequent, it is inevitable that biotic intermixing will
increase. Unique local biotas will become extinct only to be
replaced by already widespread biotas that can tolerate human
activities. This process is affecting all aspects of our world:
language, economies, and ecosystems alike. The ultimate outcome is
the loss of uniqueness and the growth of uniformity. In this way,
fast food restaurants exist in Moscow and Java Sparrows breed on
Hawaii. Biological homogenization qualifies as a global
environmental catastrophe. The Earth has never witnessed such a
broad and complete reorganization of species distributions.
Biological invaders represent one of the primary threats to the
maintenance of global biodiversity, human health, and the success
of human economic enterprises. The continuing globalization of our
society ensures that the need to understand the process of
biological invasion will only increase in the future. There is also
a growing recognition that the study of biological invaders
provides a unique insight into basic questions in ecology and
evolution.
The study of exotic birds has had a particularly long history and
has come to represent a fascinating intersection between the study
of biological invasions, avian conservation biology, and basic
principles of ecology and evolution. Avian Invasions summarizes and
synthesizes this unique historical record and unravels the insights
that the study of exotic birds brings to all three of these
research strands. It includes chapters on the well-known
contributions of exotic bird study to ecological science, and on
the post-establishment evolution of introduced bird populations.
The result is the most comprehensive picture yet of the invasion
process.
Avian Invasions is aimed at professional avian biologists and
ornithologists as well as graduate students of avian ecology,
evolution and conservation. It also appeals to a more general
audience of invasion ecologists.
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