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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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