Invasion Dynamics. The Spread and Impact of Alien Organisms.

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Invasion Dynamics. The Spread and Impact of Alien Organisms. Author: Format: Paperback First Published: Published By: Oxford University Press
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Humans have moved organisms around the world for centuries but it is only relatively recently that invasion ecology has grown into a mainstream research field. This book examines both the spread and impact dynamics of invasive species, placing the science of invasion biology on a new, more rigorous, theoretical footing, and proposing a concept of adaptive networks as the foundation for future research. Biological invasions are considered not as simple actions of invaders and reactions of invaded ecosystems, but as co-evolving complex adaptive systems with emergent features of network complexity and invasibility.

Invasion Dynamics focuses on the ecology of invasive species and their impacts in recipient social-ecological systems. It discusses not only key advances and challenges within the traditional domain of invasion ecology, but introduces approaches, concepts, and insights from many other disciplines such as complexity science, systems science, and ecology more broadly. It will be of great value to invasion biologists analyzing spread and/or impact dynamics as well as other ecologists interested in spread processes or habitat management.

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The new volume by Hui and Richardson represents a clear summary of the scientific advances that have been made over the past few decades and, importantly, sets forth a new and bold agenda for the field for the coming years. * Harold Mooney, BioScience * After reading this impressive and timely book...this is really the current, definitive book on biological invasions. It is thorough, authoritative, and concise in covering a spectrum of highly relevant topics, and moreover, it is well written and well edited...It ought to be required reading for anyone interested broadly in the field of biological invasions. * John A. Silander, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa *