Ecology and control of introduced plants

Ecology and control of introduced plants / Judith H. Myers, Dawn Bazely.

This book focuses on introduced plant species: where they come from, their impacts on native vegetation and ecosystems and the potential for their control. Aimed at advanced students and land managers, it contains practical explanations, case studies and an introduction to basic techniques for evalu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Myers, Judith H., 1941-
Other Authors: Bazely, Dawn, 1960-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Series:Ecology, biodiversity, and conservation.
Subjects:
Invasive plants.
Invasive plants > Ecology.
Plant invasions.
Plant conservation.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Invasive plants
Invasive plants > Ecology
Plant conservation
Plant invasions
Neophyten > Botanik
Pflanzen
Invasion > Biologie
Pflanzenökologie
Artenschutz
Kanada
Electronic book.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Plant weeds: exotic plants in the landscape
  • Biological invasions in the context of plant communities
  • Predicting invasiveness from life history characteristics
  • Population ecology and introduced plants
  • Introduced plant diseases
  • Biological control of introduced plants
  • Modeling invasive plants and their control
  • Action against non-indigenous species
  • Genetically modified plants and final conclusions.

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