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aliens forever or integrated immigrants with time?
This book examines the long-term fate of invasive species by detailing examples of invaders from different zoological and botanical taxa from various places around the world. Readers will discover what happened, after a century or so, to 'classical' invaders like rabbits in Australia, house sparrows in North America, minks in Europe and water hyacinths in Africa and Asia. Chapters presented in the book focus on eighteen species in the form of in-depth case studies including: earthworms, zebra mussels, Canadian water weed, Himalayan balsam, house sparrows, rabbits, crayfish plague, Colorado beetles, water hyacinths, starlings, Argentine ant, Dutch elm disease, American mink, cane toad, raccoons, Canadian beavers, African killer bees and warty comb jelly. Invaded areas described are in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Pacific islands, and South America. Readers will get some ideas about the likely future of current invaders from the fate of old ones. This book is intended for undergraduates studying environmental sciences, researchers and members of environmental NGO's.
Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Earthworms in North America; The Earthworms in Their Native Habitats; Introduction and Spread; Ecological Effects; Interacting Alien Species; Economic and Human Health Impacts; Control Efforts; Current Status and Likely Future; Public Perception and Current Policies; References; Zebra Mussels in Western Europe and North America; Cautionary Tale; The Mussel in Its Native Habitat; The Spread to Western Europe; Effects of the Zebra Mussel in Newly Invaded Waters in Western Europe; After Their Introduction, What Happened Next in Western Europe?
The Spread to North America and Further Invasion There Ecological Effects of the Zebra Mussel in North America; The Great Lakes; Phytoplankton; Initial Effects; Subsequent Development; Zooplankton; Benthic Fauna; Initial Effect; Subsequent Development; Fishes; The Quagga Mussel, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis; Hudson River; Economic Effects of the Zebra Mussel in North America; The Likely Future; Summary; References; Canadian Waterweed in Europe; Some Basic Plant Facts; Introduction and Spread in Europe; Ecological Effects of Dense Stands of Canadian Waterweed.
Control Attempts Then, What Happened?; What About the Exceptions?; Economic Effects; References; Himalayan Balsam in Europe; The Plant Itself; The Further Spread in Europe and Current Distribution; Ecological Effects of the Himalayan Balsam; Plant Species Diversity; Effects of Himalayan Balsam on the Diversity of Plant-ƯAssociated Fauna; Himalayan Balsam on Riverbanks and Increased Erosion; Some Observations of the Spread and Impact of the Himalayan Balsam in the Flatlands of Southwestern Sweden; Attitudes, Classifications, and Extermination and Control Attempts.
Economic Aspects of Himalayan Balsam Current Trends and the Likely Future of the Himalayan Balsam Invasion in Europe; References; The House Sparrow in North America; A Little About the Bird Itself; Introduction to North America; The Economic and Ecological Effects of the House Sparrows; Then What Happened?; How Do the House Sparrows Fare in Their Native Countries?; Some Loose Treads (Starlings and Predatory Birds); The Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) as Comparison; An Interesting Sidetrack; Summary; References; Rabbits in Australia; The European Rabbit.
Introduction and Release in Australia The Population Explosion and Spread; Ecological Effects; Economic Effects; Control Attempts; Foxes; Rabbit-Proof Fences; Myxomatosis; Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease; Current Control Status; A Side Story About the Dingoes; References; Crayfish Plague in Europe; The Pathogen; The Spread; The First Phase; The Second Phase; Ecological Effects; Economic Effects; Control Attempts; On the Virtues or Lack Thereof of Introducing the Signal Crayfish to Europe; Official Policies and Public Perception; References; The Colorado (Potato) Beetle.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.