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Alien species and evolution : the evolutionary ecology of exotic plants, animals, microbes, and interacting native species
- Title
- Alien species and evolution : the evolutionary ecology of exotic plants, animals, microbes, and interacting native species / George W. Cox.
- Author
- Cox, George W., 1935-
- Publication
- Washington : Island Press, c2004.
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- Description
- xii, 377 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-344) and index.
- Contents
- pt. I. Basic concepts of alien invasion and evolution -- Alien species and accelerated evolution -- Adaptation of alien species for dispersal and establishment -- Founder effects and exotic variability -- Introduction sources, cryptic species, and invasion routes -- pt. II. Processes of evolutionary change and adaptation -- Hybridization and evolution of exotics -- Hybridization and transgenic organisms -- Invasion resistance of native communities -- Adaptation of alien species to new habitats -- pt. III. Evolutionary interaction of aliens and natives -- Evolutionary adaptation by alien herbivores -- Evolutionary adaptation by alien predators and parasites -- Adaptation of alien diseases to hosts and vectors -- Adaptation of plants to alien herbivores and diseases -- Adaptation of native herbivores to alien plants -- Adaptation of animals to alien predators, parasites, and disease agents -- Accumulation of herbivores, predators, and parasites by alien species -- pt. IV. Global evolutionary consequences of alien invasions -- Alien species as agents of extirpation and extinction -- Evolutionary ecology of alien biological control agents -- Counteradaptation and integration into the biotic community -- Dispersing aliens and speciation -- Permanently altered biotic communities.
- Call Number
- JSE 05-1252
- ISBN
- 1559630086 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1559630094 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003027299
- OCLC
- 53954157
- Author
- Cox, George W., 1935-
- Title
- Alien species and evolution : the evolutionary ecology of exotic plants, animals, microbes, and interacting native species / George W. Cox.
- Imprint
- Washington : Island Press, c2004.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-344) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JSE 05-1252