Bøger i CABI Invasives Series serien

There are many hypotheses describing the interactions involved in biological invasions, but it is largely unknown whether they are backed up by empirical evidence. This book fills that gap by assessing research hypotheses and applying it to a number of invasion hypotheses, using the hierarchy-of-hypotheses (HoH) approach.

Invasive species are of great environmental importance but no book before now has explored a key aspect: the nature of species interactions. This book looks at the theories, evidence and practicalities for managing invasions.

The book summarizes the history of biological control in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This book examines direct effects to human health from invasive species such as bites, wounds and illness and indirect effects via changes induced in the ecosystems. It covers case studies from different taxa (animals and plants) and in developed and developing countries.

This book explores the most important aspects of the biology, ecology and management of "the world's worst weed". Covering its mode of spread and its impact upon agricultural production, the environment and human health, it also reviews management techniques, the possible uses of Parthenium weed, its distribution and the impact of climate change.

There are many hypotheses describing the interactions involved in biological invasions, but it is largely unknown whether they are backed up by empirical evidence. This book fills that gap by assessing research hypotheses and applying it to a number of invasion hypotheses, using the hierarchy-of-hypotheses (HoH) approach.

Invasive alien plants pose a major threat to agriculture, the natural environment and livelihoods worldwide and create challenges for development. This book emphasizes the social and economic implications of plant invasion and discusses direct impacts on livelihoods and biodiversity.

Bringing together ecology and management of invasive plants within natural and agricultural ecosystems, this book bridges the knowledge gap between the processes operating within ecosystems and the practices used to prevent, contain, control and eradicate invasive plant species.

Invasive arthropods cause significant damage in agricultural crops and natural environments across the globe. This book focuses on the most recent invasive pests of agricultural crops in temperate subtropical and tropical areas and on potential invaders, discussing their spread, biology and control.

Invasive pests and pathogens place biological pressure on valuable resident species, but strict bans may conflict with trading and travel needs. An overview of how the conflict can be managed using pest risk mapping and modelling, this book uses worked examples to explain modelling and help development of tool kits for assessment.

A cohesive state-of-the-art review of the invasive potential of bioenergy crops, this book covers the identified risks of invasion, distributions of key crops and management issues. Including a section on developing predictive models, this book also assesses the potential societal impact of bioenergy crops and how to mitigate invasive risks.

This book provides practical and innovative approaches to biosecurity surveillance. It explains the foundation and concepts behind surveillance design, with examples of methods and tools created to deal with surveillance challenges. With supporting case studies, it covers detectability, single and multi-species detection and risk assessment.