Invasion Ecology.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Preface -- 1 An Introduction to Invasion Ecology -- What are invaders and why do we care about them? -- A brief history of invasion ecology -- The wicked terminological web we weave -- The invasion process -- Summary -- 2 Transport Vectors and Pathways -- What's the difference between a vector and a pathway? -- Does human-mediated dispersal differ from natural dispersal? -- Transport vectors -- Which species are transported via what vector group? -- Dynamics of transport pathways -- Summary -- 3 Trends in Numbers of Invaders -- Invasion rates through time -- Geographic patterns in numbers of invaders -- Summary -- 4 Propagules -- What are propagules? -- Donor region and propagule pressure -- Biological mechanisms -- Empirical evidence -- The hidden influence of propagule pressure -- Summary -- 5 Disturbance -- History and definition of disturbance -- Disturbance facilitates invasion? -- Restoration and disturbance -- Agriculture and urbanization as disturbance -- Biotic disturbance -- Summary -- 6 Establishment Success: The Influence of Biotic Interactions -- Conceptual issues -- Resistance to invasion -- Facilitation of establishment -- Summary -- 7 Modeling the Geographical Spread of Invasive Species -- What exactly is geographical spread? -- Why do we want to model geographical spread? -- The reaction-diffusion model -- Long-distance dispersal -- Directional dispersal -- Stratified dispersal -- Other forms of heterogeneity -- Summary -- 8 Ecological Processes and the Spread of Non-native Species -- Population growth -- Dispersal -- Biotic interactions -- The role of heterogeneity -- Lag times -- Boom and bust -- Summary -- 9 Ecological Impacts of Invasive Species -- Genetic impacts -- Individual impacts -- Population impacts -- Community impacts -- Ecosystem impacts.

Landscape, regional, and global impacts -- Summary -- 10 Impact Synthesis -- Perception and recognition of impact -- Integrating perception with ecological determinants of impact -- A theory of impact? -- Finding common currencies -- A cross-stage impact formula -- Summary -- 11 Evolution of Invaders -- Founding process -- Losses and gains in genetic variability via transport mechanisms -- Genetics and post-release success -- Local adaptation and life-history evolution -- Evolution of native species in response to non-natives -- Summary -- 12 Predicting and Preventing Invasion -- Explanation versus risk assessment -- Inherent limitations to prediction -- Risk analysis -- Screening risky species -- Screening risky transportation vectors -- Summary -- 13 Eradication and Control of Invaders -- Cause for optimism? -- Rapid response -- Lazarus effect -- Long-term control -- Sisyphus effect -- Summary -- 14 Global Climate Change and Invasive Species -- Global climate change 101 -- Non-native species and global climate change -- Transport -- Establishment -- Spread -- Impact -- Human responses -- Summary -- References -- Supplemental Images -- Index.

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