Invasive species and global climate change

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Taking a global perspective, this book examines what will happen to invasive species, including plants, animals and pathogens,with current and expected man-made climate change.

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Full title :Invasive species and global climate change / [edited by] Lewis H. Ziska, PhD, Crop Systems and Global Change laboratory, USDA-ARS, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705, and Jeffrey S. Dukes, PhD, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources & Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 715 W. State Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2061.

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Taking a global perspective, this book examines what will happen to invasive species, including plants, animals and pathogens,with current and expected man-made climate change.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):CABI
Place of Publication:Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

Description:354 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm.

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ISBN:9781780641645, 1780641648, 9781786395399, 1786395398
oclc:ocn875771261
LC Classification:QH353
Dewey Decimal:578.6/2

Introduction / Jeffrey S. Dukes and Lewis H. Ziska -- Part I: The dimensions of the problem: Background and science -- Communicating the dynamic complexities of climate and ecology: Species invasion and resource changes / John Peter Thompson and Lewis H. Ziska -- Climate change and plant pathogen invasions / Karen A. Garrett, Sara Thomas-Sharma, Greg A. Forbes and John Hernandez Nopsa -- Analysis of invasive insects: Links to climate change / Andrew Paul Gutierrez and Luigi Ponti -- Climate change, plant traits and invasion in natural and agricultural ecosystems / Dana M. Blumenthal and Julie A. Kray -- Part II: Case studies -- Non-native species in Antarctic terrestrial environments: The impacts of climate change and human activity / Kevin A. Hughes and Peter Convey -- Synergies between climate change and species invasions: Evidence from marine systems / Cascade J.B. Sorte -- Ragweed in Eastern Europe / L{acute}aszl{acute}o Makra, Istv{acute}an Matyasovszky and {acute}Aron J{acute}ozsef De{acute}ak -- Climate change and alien species in South Africa / Ulrike M. Irlich, David M. Richardson, Sarah J. Davies and Steven L. Chown -- Climate change and 'alien species in national parks'…