Impact of Biological Invasions on Ecosystem Services

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Vilà, Montserrat. (Editor), Hulme, Philip E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology ; 12
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45121-3
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • PART I: Introduction
  • 2. Changes in primary production and carbon sequestration after invasion
  • 3. Modification of habitat quality and stability by non-native species
  • 4. Alteration of nitrogen cycling as a result of invasion
  • 5. Hydrological impacts of biological invasions
  • Part II: Impacts on provisioning services
  • 6. Decreases in crop production by non-native weeds, pests and pathogens
  • 7. Impact of non-native pests and pathogens on forestry
  • 8. Interference with aquaculture and fisheries
  • 9. Impacts of non-native species on livestock and genetic resources
  • PART III: Impacts on regulating services
  • 10. Displacement and local extinction of native and endemic species
  • 11. Infections and diseases in wildlife by non-native organisms
  • 12. Non-target effects of biological control agents
  • 13. Disruption of pollinator services
  • 14. Impact of invasions on water quality in marine and freshwater environments
  • 15. Damage to infrastructures
  • 16. Alteration of disturbance regimes
  • PART IV: Impacts on cultural services and human well-being
  • 17. Spread of vectored non-native human diseases
  • 18. Impacts of non-native animal toxins and injuries to human health
  • 19. Use of non-native species in developing economies and for poverty alleviation
  • 20. Non-native species and the aesthetics of nature
  • PART V: Synthesis.