encyclopedia of biological invasions

[...]... stand-alone article ENCYCLOPEDIA WEBSITE To access the Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions website, please visit http://www.ucpress.edu/books.php?isbn=9780520264212 This site provides a list of the articles, the contributors, several sample articles, published reviews, and links to a secure website for ordering copies of the Encyclopedia The content of this site will evolve with the addition of new information... reference, the following summary describes this Encyclopedia s features, reviews its organization and the format of the articles, and is a guide to the many ways to maximize the utility of this Encyclopedia SUBJECT AREAS The Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions includes 153 topics that review the various ways scholars have studied invasive species The Encyclopedia comprises the following subject areas:... editors have included, as an appendix, the IUCN list of the world’s worst 100 invasive species (Note that many other species have also been documented as invasive.) A second appendix lists key references—important book/volume references on biological invasions INDEX The last section of the Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions is a subject index consisting of more than 3,800 entries This index includes subjects... Pesticides (Mammal) Range Modeling NOTABLE INVASIONS Australia: Invasions Great Lakes: Invasions Hawaiian Islands: Invasions Mediterranean Sea: Invasions New Zealand: Invasions Ponto-Caspian: Invasions South Africa: Invasions C o n t e n t s b y S u b j e c t A r e a xi This page intentionally left blank Contributors CHRISTOPHER B ANDERSON ROSS A BICKNELL University of Magallanes Punta Arenas, Chile Mammals,... explosion of research on the evolutionary consequences of invasions for both invaders and residents How, and how quickly, do invaders evolve adaptations, how do native communities adapt to an invader, and how does the small number of invading individuals affect the genetics of the expanding population of invading organisms? Biological invasions have attracted attention for other reasons The variety of impacts... Orlando Invasional Meltdown University of California, Santa Cruz Nitrogen Enrichment DAVID A WARDLE JOY B ZEDLER Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå Belowground Phenomena TRUMAN P YOUNG University of Wisconsin, Madison Wetlands xx C o n t r i b u t o r s University of California, Davis Restoration Guid e to the En cyc lop edi a The Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions is a comprehensive and... University, Logan Ladybugs University of California, Davis Crabs Seas and Oceans MARA A EVANS University of California, Davis Herbivory DAVID M FORSYTH Department of Sustainability and Environment Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Grazers J HOWARD FRANK University of Florida, Gainesville Biological Control, of Animals JASON D FRIDLEY Syracuse University, New York Invasibility, of Communities and Ecosystems BELLA... large encyclopedia cannot contain every possible topic of interest relating to biological invasions Had we restricted ourselves simply to species, in addition to the famed “100 of the World’s Worst Invasive Alien Species” (see Appendix), we would still have had to consider several hundred other noteworthy invasive species Many kinds of habitats, and several regions, have been particularly afflicted by invasions. .. groups of organisms are especially well represented among invasive species As the science of invasion biology and technologies of managing invasions have matured, myriad subjects can now be treated in some depth We could not cover all relevant topics, but we attempted to choose those that, in total, would xxiv P r e f a c e treat the broadest possible range of subjects related to biological invasions. .. Rice of the University of California Press assisted us enormously in all facets of producing this encyclopedia helping us locate experts and photographs, editing articles, keeping track of revisions, reminding tardy authors (and editors!), and even providing aesthetic advice on layout and formats Her organizational and substantive skills were crucial to the project Chuck Crumly of the University of California . intentionally left blank EncyclopEdia of Biological invasions