Research Catalog

Title

The great reshuffling : human dimensions of invasive alien species / edited by Jeffrey A. McNeely.

Publication

Gland, Switzerland ; Cambridge : IUCN, 2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• McNeely, Jeffrey A.
• International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
• IUCN--The World Conservation Union
• Global Invasive Species Programme
• IUCN Biodiversity Policy Coordination Division

Description

vi, 242 p. : ill., maps; 30 cm.

Subject

• Invasive plants > Social aspects
• Conservation of natural resources > Social aspects
• Invasive plants > Social aspects > Congresses
• Biological invasions > Social aspects > Congresses
• Conservation of natural resources > Social aspects > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• An introduction to human dimensions of invasive alien species / Jeffrey A. McNeely -- Motivations and consequences of the human dispersal of plants / Richard N. Mack -- From ecology to politics : the human side of alien invasions / Tim Low -- Listening to the earth : a call for protection and restoration of habitats / Vivian Parker -- Kudzu's invasion into southern United States life and culture / Richard J. Blaustein -- Human dimensions in the management of invasive species in New Zealand / C.R. Veitch and M.N. Clout -- Socio-economic parameters influencing plant invasions in Europe and North Africa / Montserrat Vilà and Jordi Pujadas -- Who should pay? : economic dimensions of preventing harmful invasions through international trade and travel / Peter T. Jenkins -- Invasive alien species prevention and control : the art and science of managing people / Jamie K. Reaser --^
• Dealing with the human dimensions of invasive alien species within New Zealand's biosecurity system / Paula Warren -- Human dimension aspects in invasive alien species issues : the case of the failure of the grey squirrel eradication project in Italy / Piero Genovesi and Sandro Bertolino -- Putting people first in an invasive alien clearing programme : Working For Water Programme - are we succeeding? / Simone Noemdoe -- A case study of human dimensions in invasion and control of alien plants in the personnel villages of Kruger National Park / Llewellyn C. Foxcroft -- Human dimensions of invasive alien species in Sri Lanka / Buddhi Marambe, Channa Bambaradeniya, D.K Pushpa Kumara, and Nirmalie Pallewatta -- The human dimensions of invasive woody plants / Pierre Binggeli -- Horticultural introductions of invasive plant species : a North American perspective / Sarah Hayden Reichard and Peter White -- The understorey of human dimensions in biological invasions / George W. Staples --^
• Human dimensions of invasive alien species in philosophical perspective : towards an ethic of conceptual responsibility / Johan Hattingh -- Scenario planning : understanding and managing biological invasions in South Africa / R. Arthur Chapman, David C. Le Maitre, and David M. Richardson -- Perception and "human nature" as factors in invasive alien species issues : a workshop wrap-up on problems and solutions / Maj de Poorter.

ISBN

2831706025

LCCN

^^2001347586

OCLC

• 59513954
• SCSB-11892649

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library