Research Catalog

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Description

1. xii, 377 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.

Subject

1. Introduced animals > Evolution
2. Introduced organisms > Environmental aspects
3. Exotic plants > Evolution

Contents

1. pt. I. Basic concepts of alien invasion and evolution -- Alien species and accelerated evolution -- Adaptation of alien species for dispersal and establishment -- Founder effects and exotic variability -- Introduction sources, cryptic species, and invasion routes -- pt. II. Processes of evolutionary change and adaptation -- Hybridization and evolution of exotics -- Hybridization and transgenic organisms -- Invasion resistance of native communities -- Adaptation of alien species to new habitats -- pt. III. Evolutionary interaction of aliens and natives -- Evolutionary adaptation by alien herbivores -- Evolutionary adaptation by alien predators and parasites -- Adaptation of alien diseases to hosts and vectors -- Adaptation of plants to alien herbivores and diseases -- Adaptation of native herbivores to alien plants -- Adaptation of animals to alien predators, parasites, and disease agents -- Accumulation of herbivores, predators, and parasites by alien species -- pt. IV. Global evolutionary consequences of alien invasions -- Alien species as agents of extirpation and extinction -- Evolutionary ecology of alien biological control agents -- Counteradaptation and integration into the biotic community -- Dispersing aliens and speciation -- Permanently altered biotic communities.

Call number

1. JSE 05-1252

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-344) and index.

Author

1. Cox, George W., 1935-

Title

1. Alien species and evolution : the evolutionary ecology of exotic plants, animals, microbes, and interacting native species / George W. Cox.

Imprint

1. Washington : Island Press, c2004.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-344) and index.

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1. Table of contents

LCCN

1. 2003027299

ISBN

1. 1559630086 (cloth : alk. paper)
2. 1559630094 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JSE 05-1252