Invasive Species What Everyone Needs to Knowï¿½

Name: Invasive Species What Everyone Needs to Knowï¿½
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ISBN: 9780199922031

ISBN-10: 0199922039

ISBN-13: 9780199922031

Edition: 2013

Authors: Daniel Simberloff

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Of the 7,000 estimated non-native species present in North America, approximately 1,000 are invasive. Clearly, invasive species are in the minority, but their small numbers don't keep them from causing billions of dollars in economic and ecological harm each year. Policymakers and ecologists continue to try to figure out which species might be harmful, which invasive species are doing the most damage, and which of these might respond best to eradication efforts. Invasive species reports and case studies are prevalent in political, environmental, and scientific news cycles, and a significant portion of the public is concerned about the issue. In Invasive Species: What Everyone Needs to Know,…

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List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 7/17/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.83" wide x 8.23" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Claude Combes is professor of animal biology at the University of Perpignan and author of Parasitism: The Ecology and Evolution of Intimate Interactions, published by the University of Chicago Press. Daniel Simberloff is the Nancy Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.