Bioenergy and Biological Invasions - Ecological, Agronomic and Policy Perspectives on Minimizing Risk

Despite major international investment in biofuels, the invasive risks associated with these crops are still unknown. 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 policy 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.

List of contents

Introduction 1) The Bioenergy Landscape Section 1: Biology, Ecology and Agronomy 2) Ecology of Candidate Crops outside of Cultivation & Naturalized Populations 3) Modeling a Potential Invasion 4) Potential Risks of Algae as Biofuel 5) Gene Flow and Invasiveness in Bioenergy Systems Section 2: Policy and Regulations 6) Risk Assessment: Parsing the Weeds from the Crops 7) Are Current Regulations and Policies Robust enough to Prevent Large-scale Invasion? Section 3: Mitigation 8) What Agronomic Methods would Increase or Reduce Invasive Potential? 9) How the Industry will Mitigate Invasion Risk 10) Eradication: Identifying the Last Resort as a First Step Summary

About the author

Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois, USA David P Matlaga, Susquehanna University, USA Jacob N. Barney, Virginia Tech, USA

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Lauren D. (EDT)/ Matlaga Quinn
• Assisted by: Jacob N Barney (Editor), Jacob N (Virginia Tech Barney (Editor), Jacob N. Barney (Editor), David Matlaga (Editor), David (Susquehanna University Matlaga (Editor), David P Matlaga (Editor), David P. Matlaga (Editor), Lauren D Quinn (Editor), Lauren D (University of Illinois Quinn (Editor), Lauren D. Quinn (Editor)
• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2015
• EAN: 9781780643304
• ISBN: 978-1-78064-330-4
• Series: CABI Invasives Series; CABI Invasives Series; Cabi Invasives
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany