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Author:   James O. Luken ,  John W. Thieret
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   1997 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.940kg
ISBN:  

9780387948096

ISBN 10:   0387948090
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   03 January 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

SECTION I. Human Perceptions.- 1. Defining Indigenous Species: An Introduction.- 2. Defining Weeds of Natural Areas.- 3. Potential Valuable Ecological Functions of Nonindigenous Plants.- SECTION II. Assessment of Ecological Interactions.- 4. Documenting Natural and Human-Caused Plant Invasions Using Paleoecological Methods.- 5. Community Response to Plant Invasion.- 6. Impacts of Invasive Plants on Community and Ecosystem Properties.- 7. Animal-Mediated Dispersal and Disturbance: Driving Forces Behind Alien Plant Naturalization.- 8. Outlook for Plant Invasions: Interactions with Other Agents of Global Change.- 9. Experimental Design for Plant Removal and Restoration.- 10. Response of a Forest Understory Community to Experimental Removal of an Invasive Nonindigenous Plant (Alliaria petiolata, Brassicaceae).- SECTION III. Direct Management.- 11. Management of Plant Invasions: Implicating Ecological Succession.- 12. Methods for Management of Nonindigenous Aquatic P] ants.- 13. Biological Control of Weeds in the United States and Canada.- 14. Prioritizing Invasive Plants and Planning for Management.- SECTION IV. Regulation and Advocacy.- 15. Prevention of Invasive Plant Introductions on National and Local Levels.- 16. Exotic Pest Plant Councils: Cooperating to Assess and Control Invasive Nonindigenous Plant Species.- 17. Team Arundo: Interagency Cooperation to Control Giant Cane (Arundo donax).- 18. A Multiagency Containment Program for Miconia (Miconia calvescens), an Invasive Tree in Hawaiian Rain Forests.- Appendix: Selected Plant Species Interfering with Resource Management Goals in North American Natural Areas.- References.

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