Invasive Plants: Ecological and Agricultural Aspects [Hardcover]

Invasive plants have an impact on global biodiversity andecosystem function, and their management is a complex task.

The aim of this book is to discuss fundamental questions ofinvasion ecology, such as why particular communities become moreinvasible than others, what the mechanisms of exclusion of nativespecies by invaders are, and whether invasion can be predicted.
In addition, agricultural practices influencing invasion, theenvironmental and economic costs of invasion as well as possiblemanagement strategies are discussed.
Readers will get a unique perspective on invasion ecology throughemploying general principles of ecology to plant invasions.

Invasive plants have an impact on global biodiversity and ecosystem function, and their management is a complex task.

The aim of this book is to discuss fundamental questions of invasion ecology, such as why particular communities become more invasible than others, what the mechanisms of exclusion of native species by invaders are, and whether invasion can be predicted.
In addition, agricultural practices influencing invasion, the environmental and economic costs of invasion as well as possible management strategies are discussed. Readers will get a unique perspective on invasion ecology through employing general principles of ecology to plant invasions.

In search of an operational lexicon for biological invasions.- Ecological aspects.- The ecology of biological invasions: past, present and future.- Ecological niche models and the geography of biological invasions: a review and a novel application.- Importance of species replication in understanding plant invasions into North American grasslands.- Residence time determines the distribution of alien plants.- The relationship between community diversity and exotic plants: cause or consequence of invasion?.- Invasive plants: the process within wetland ecosystems.- Understandinglƒ]