Invasive Plants: Ecological and Agricultural Aspects

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Inderjit, S. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7380-6
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In search of an operational lexicon for biological invasions
  • Ecological aspects
  • The ecology of biological invasions: past, present and future
  • Ecological niche models and the geography of biological invasions: a review and a novel application
  • Importance of species replication in understanding plant invasions into North American grasslands
  • Residence time determines the distribution of alien plants
  • The relationship between community diversity and exotic plants: cause or consequence of invasion?
  • Invasive plants: the process within wetland ecosystems
  • Understanding invasions: the rise and fall of diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) in North America
  • Defining a regional approach for invasive plant research and management
  • Allelopathy as a mechanism for resisting invasion: the case of Polygonella myriophylla
  • Agricultural aspects
  • Ecology and management of an exotic weed Phalaris minor
  • Reducing agroecosystem vulnerability to weed invasion
  • Tillage intensity affects weed communities in agroecosystems
  • Distribution and biological control of Chromolaena odorata
  • Biology and anthropology of plant invasions
  • Characteristics, significance, and human dimension of global invasive weeds
  • Environmental consequences and economic costs of alien species.