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Title

Assessment and control of biological invasion risks / compiled and edited by Fumito Koike ... [et al.] ; with the assistance of Keiji Iwasaki ... [et al.] as reviewing committee ; and Takeo Kawamichi and Carola Warner in editorial works.

Author

International Conference on Assessment and Control of Biological Invasion Risks (2004 : Yokohama National University)

Publication

Kyoto, Japan : SHOUKADOH Book Sellers ; Gland, Switzerland : IUCN--the World Conservation Union, c2006.

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Additional Authors

• Koike, Fumito.
• IUCN--The World Conservation Union.
• Seibutsu Tayōsei Japan.

Description

216 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 30 cm.

Subjects

• Introduced organisms > Congresses
• Nonindigenous pests > Control > Congresses
• Biological invasions > Prevention > Congresses
• Biological invasions > Risk assessment > Congresses

Note

• Proceedings of the International Conference on Assessment and Control of Biological Invasion Risks held Aug. 26-29, 2004, at Yokohama National University.
• "BDNJ, Biodiversity Network Japan"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available electronically via World Wide Web in PDF format.

Contents

Various ecological problems and biological invasion / K. Urano -- Alien species and wild flora / K. Iwatsuki -- Assessment and control of biological invasion risks / F. Koike -- Risk analysis, the precautionary approach, and stakeholder participation in decision making in the context of emerging risks from invasive alien species / S. Ikeda -- Legal strategies for combating invasive alien species / A. Courtney -- Establishment and enforcement of the new Invasive Alien Species Act in Japan / T. Mito -- A comparison of legal policy against alien species in New Zealand, the United States, and Japan : can a better regulatory system be developed? / M.A. Takahashi -- The role of the International Plant Protection Convention in the prevention and management of invasive alien species / H. Tanaka and B. Larson -- Effectiveness of the weed risk assessment system for the Bonin Islands / H. Kato ... [et al.] -- Evaluation of species properties used in weed risk assessment and improvement of systems for invasion risk assessment / F. Koike and H. Kato -- Importance of intra-specific variation for risk assessment : a case study on a useful and noxious plant species, velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti Medic., Malvaceae) / S. Kurokawa, H. Shibaike, Y. Yoshimura -- Community assembly rules based on plant ecological traits in a rural landscape / R. Tanaka and F. Koike -- Assessment of the introduction potential of aquatic species in new environments / S. Gollasch -- Important vectors for marine organisms unintentionally introduced to Japanese waters / M. Otani -- Human-mediated introduction of marine organisms in Japan : a review / K. Iwasaki -- The arrival, establishment, and integration of an invasive alien marine mussel into foreign ecosystems / J.A. Crooks -- Differences in habitat use of the native raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides albus) and the invasive alien raccoon (Procyon lotor) in the Nopporo Natural Forest Park, Hokkaido, Japan / G. Abe, T. Ikeda, and S. Tatsuzawa -- Direct and indirect effects of an alien mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) on the native animal community on Amami-Oshima Island, southern Japan, as inferred from distribution patterns of animals / Y. Watari ... [et al.] -- The eradication of mammals from New Zealand islands / M.N. Clout and J.C. Russell -- The eradication of coypus (Myocastor coypus) from Britain : the elements required for a successful campaign / S. Baker -- Prediction of range expansion and optimum strategy for spatial control of feral raccoon using a metapopulation model / F. Koike -- Reproductive responses of the mongoose (Herpestes javanicus), to control operations on Amami-oshima Island, Japan / S. Abe ... [et al.] -- Population estimation and control of the introduced mongoose on Amami-oshima Island / N. Ishii, T. Hashimoto, and T. Suzuki -- Population parameters of an alien turtle (Chelydra serpentina) in the Inbanuma basin, Chiba Prefecture, Japan / R. Kobayashi, M. Hasegawa, and T. Miyashita -- Alien earthworms in the Asia/Pacific region with a checklist of species and the first records of Eukerria saltensis (Oligochaeta:Ocnerodrilidae) and Eiseniella tetraedra (Lumbricidae) from Japan, and Pontoscolex corethrurus (Glossoscolecidae) from Okinawa / R.J. Blakemore, M.T. Ito, and N. Kaneko -- Accidental introduction of symbionts with imported freshwater shrimps / N. Niwa and A. Ohtaka -- Distribution and status of the introduced red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) in Taiwan / T.-H. Chen -- Rapid range expansion of the feral raccoon (Procyon lotor) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan and its impact on native organisms / H. Hayama, M. Kaneda, and M. Tabata -- Invasion of an alien palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) into a large forest / F. Koike -- Line census and gnawing damage of introduced Formosan squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus taiwanensis) in urban forests of Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan / M. Hori, M. Yamada, and N. Tsunoda -- Balanus glandula : a new alien barnacle from the west coast of North America, established on the northeast coast of Japan / R. Kado and N. Nanba.

Call Number

JSG 08-45

ISBN

• 9784879746047
• 4879746045

LCCN

2007407160

OCLC

135025464

Conference

International Conference on Assessment and Control of Biological Invasion Risks (2004 : Yokohama National University)

Title

Assessment and control of biological invasion risks / compiled and edited by Fumito Koike ... [et al.] ; with the assistance of Keiji Iwasaki ... [et al.] as reviewing committee ; and Takeo Kawamichi and Carola Warner in editorial works.

Imprint

Kyoto, Japan : SHOUKADOH Book Sellers ; Gland, Switzerland : IUCN--the World Conservation Union, c2006.

Additional Formats

Also available electronically via World Wide Web in PDF format.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Added Author

Koike, Fumito.

IUCN--The World Conservation Union.

Seibutsu Tayōsei Japan.

Research Call Number

JSG 08-45