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This book examines what will happen to global invasive species, including plants, animals and pathogens with current and expected man-made climate change. The effects on distribution, success, spread and impact of invasive species are considered for a series of case studies from a number of countries. This book will be of great value to researchers, policymakers and industry in responding to changing management needs.
List of contents
Part 1. The Dimensions of the Problem: Background and Science. Chapter 1: Overview of the interdependence of climate, human activity and invasive species. Chapter 2: Invasive Pathogens of plants and animals, potential and probable links to climate change. Chapter 3: Invasive insects, potential and probable links to climate change. Chapter 4: Invasive plants, potential and probable links to climate change: Ag and rangelands. Chapter 5: Climate, invasive species and evolutionary impacts. Part 2. Case Studies. Chapter 1: Antarctica. Chapter 2: Pine Bark Beetle and Climate Change. Chapter 3: Aquatic Environments, Climate and Invasives. Chapter 4: Ragweed and Eastern Europe. Chapter 5: S. Africa and Prosopis. Chapter 6: Invasives and National Parks. Part 3. Management: Detection and Prevention. Chapter 1: Identifying invasive species globally in real time in the United States. Chapter 2: Identification of Invasive Species globally using CABI Invasive Species Compendium Chapter 3: Identifying climate change and temporal vulnerabilities to invasive plants in natural (unmanaged regions). Chapter 4: Identifying climate change as factor in establishment and persistence of invasive weeds in U.S. Agriculture. Part 4. Management: Control and Eradication. Chapter 1: Biodiversity and Selection. Chapter 2: Climate, CO2 and chemical control of invasive plants. Chapter 3: Climate / CO2 and potential impacts on control of invasives: physical, biological, cultural Chapter 4: Invasive species as an economic resource
About the author
Lewis Ziska, USDA-ARS, USA Jeffrey Dukes is an Associate Professor at Purdue University, USA
Summary
This book examines what will happen to global invasive species, including plants, animals and pathogens with current and expected man-made climate change. The effects on distribution, success, spread and impact of invasive species are considered for a series of case studies from a number of countries.
