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A plague of rats and rubbervines : the growing threat of species invasions
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A plague of rats and rubbervines : the growing threat of species invasions

Author: Yvonne Baskin; International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 2002.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Yvonne Baskin; International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.
OCLC Number: 63111623
Notes: "A Shearwater book."
Description: viii, 371 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction: confronting a shrinking world -- 2. Reuniting pangaea -- 3. Wheat and trout, weeds and pestilence -- 4. Elbowing out the natives -- 5. The good, the bad, the fuzzy -- 6. The making of a pest -- 7. Taking risks with strangers -- 8. Stemming the tide - 9. Beachheads and sleepers -- 10. Taking control -- 11. Islands no longer -- 12. Can we preserve integrity of place? -- Appendix A. 100 of the world's worst invasive alien species -- Appendix B. Index to scientific names of cited invasive species.
Responsibility: Yvonne Baskin.

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