Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Terminology used in this book -- A look to the past -- Invasion biology of the twenty-first century -- PART I: The invasion process -- 2 Dispersal -- Stages of the invasion process -- Dispersal and propagule pressure -- The dispersal process -- Are introduction rates increasing? -- Summary -- 3 Establishment -- Establishment and traits -- Establishment and invasibility -- Invasibility and diversity -- Invasibility, resources, and environmental heterogeneity -- Invasibility and physical stress -- Invasibility and enemies -- Invasibility, facilitation, and mutualisms -- The geography of establishment -- Summary -- 4 Persistence and spread -- Iterative dispersal and establishment episodes (persistence and spread) -- Traits, persistence, and spread -- Genetic obstacles to persistence and spread -- Opportunities for persistence and spread -- Species' decline and range contraction -- Predicting current and future ranges of non-native species -- Summary -- 5 Evolution -- Evolution during dispersal -- Evolution by the new species following arrival -- Hybridization -- Epigenetic effects -- Evolution by the long-term residents -- Evolutionary diversification -- Summary -- 6 Understanding and predicting invasions: an Integrated Approach -- Using traits to predict invasiveness -- Predicting invasibility -- Traits, invasibility, and propagule pressure: an integrated approach -- Summary -- PART II: Impacts and management -- 7 Impacts of invasions -- Impacts on human health and safety -- Economic impacts -- Ecological impacts -- Summary -- 8 Management of invasive species -- Efforts to prevent introductions -- Efforts to detect nascent invasions -- Efforts to identify invasive populations and susceptible environments -- Efforts to eradicate.

Efforts to prevent subsequent persistence and spread -- Managing biotic homogenization -- Managing 'inter-situ' reintroduction efforts -- Use of regulations and legal frameworks -- Use of citizen volunteers in management efforts -- Invasive species control as a means to solve other conflicts -- The need for extensive and accessible databases -- The 'LTL' approach -- Challenges, risks, and pitfalls of management efforts -- The relevance of invasion research to invasion management -- Summary -- PART III: Reflections -- 9 Framing biological invasions -- Issues of categories -- Issues of change -- Issues of communication -- Summary -- 10 Researching invasion biology -- Issues of specialization and dissociation -- Efforts to re-associate -- Issues of taxonomic and geographic specialization -- Summary -- 11 Disciplinary challenges -- Issues of pluralism -- Issues of authority -- Issues of paradigms -- Summary -- 12 Conclusion -- Invasion research priorities -- Invasion management considerations -- Looking ahead -- SPRED ecology -- In closing -- References -- Geographic index -- A -- B -- C -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Taxonomic index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Subject index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

This is an up-to-date overview of the field of invasion biology, which includes an overview of the science, the impacts, and management of invasive species, as well as a critical assessment of the field itself.

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