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Cover; Contents; Contents; Contributors; Guide to the Encyclopedia; Preface; Acclimatization Societies; Agreements, International; Agriculture; Algae; Allelopathy; Ants; Apomixis; Aquaculture; Aquaria; Australia: Invasions; Ballast; Bees; Belowground Phenomena; Biological Control, of Animals; Biological Control, of Plants; Birds; Black, White, and Gray Lists; Brown Treesnake; Bryophytes and Lichens; Burmese Python and Other Giant Constrictors; Canals; Carnivores; Carp, Common; CART and Related Methods; Cheatgrass; Climate Change; Competition, Animal; Competition, Plant; Crabs; Crayfish.;This pioneering encyclopedia illuminates a topic at the forefront of global ecology-biological invasions, or organisms that come to live in the wrong place. Written by leading scientists from around the world, Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions addresses all aspects of this subject at a global level-including invasions by animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria-in succinct, alphabetically arranged articles. Scientifically uncompromising, yet clearly written and free of jargon, the volume encompasses fields of study including biology, demography, geography, ecology, evolution, sociology, and nat.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS EDITED BY DANIEL SIMBERLOFF University - photo 1
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

EDITED BY

DANIEL SIMBERLOFF

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

MARCEL REJMNEK

University of California, Davis

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University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu.

Encyclopedias of the Natural World, No. 3

University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California

University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England

2011 by the Regents of the University of California

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Encyclopedia of biological invasions / edited by Daniel Simberloff and
Marcel Rejmnek.
p. cm.(Encyclopedias of the natural world ; 3)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-520-26421-2 (cloth)
1. Introduced organismsEncyclopedias. I. Simberloff, Daniel. II.
Rejmnek, Marcel.

QH353.E53 2011
578.6'2--dc22dc21 2010010391

Manufactured in China.
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of
ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper).Picture 4

Cover photograph: Large, pink masses of eggs laid by golden apple snails, courtesy N.O.L. Carlsson. Insets, from left: Pheidole megacephala tending aphids, courtesy Alex Wild; European starling, courtesy Michelle St. Sauveur, Coventry, Rhode Island; oral disc of a parasitic-phase sea lamprey, courtesy Ted Lawrence, Great Lakes Fishery Commission; flowering tropical weed Turnera subulata, courtesy Spencer C.H. Barrett.

Title page photo: An observer dwarfed by an overgrowth of giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) invading the Slavkovsky les Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic, Central Europe. Introduced to Europe from the Caucasus, invasive giant hogweed can grow to over four meters in height. Its phototoxic sap blisters human skin and can cause serious scarring. Photograph by Petr Pysek. From Ecology and Management of Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), edited by P. Pysek, M. J. W. Cock, H. P. Ravn, and W. Nentwig (2007, CAB International, Wallingford, UK).

CONTENTS BY SUBJECT AREA

INVADER ATTRIBUTES

Allelopathy

Apomixis

Demography

Dispersal Ability, Animal

Dispersal Ability, Plant

Genotypes, Invasive

Geographic Origins and Introduction Dynamics

Invasiveness

Life History Strategies

Mutualism

Native Invaders

Novel Weapons Hypothesis

Reproductive Systems, Plant

Seed Ecology

Taxonomic Patterns

Tolerance Limits, Animal

Tolerance Limits, Plant

Vegetative Propagation

ECOSYSTEM FEATURES

Belowground Phenomena

Disturbance

Eutrophication, Aquatic

Habitat Compatibility

Invasibility, of Communities and Ecosystems

Islands

Lakes

Nitrogen Enrichment

Protected Areas

Rivers

Seas and Oceans

Succession

Wetlands

PROCESSES

Climate Change

Enemy Release Hypothesis

Epidemiology and Dispersal

Evolutionary Response, of Natives to Invaders

Evolution of Invasive Populations

Fire Regimes

Hybridization and Introgression

Invasional Meltdown

Lag Times

Land Use

Propagule Pressure

Range Modeling

Succession

IMPACTS

Allelopathy

Competition, Animal

Competition, Plant

Endangered and Threatened Species

Fire Regimes

Herbivory

Hybridization and Introgression

Hydrology

Invasion Economics

Landscape Patterns of Plant Invasions

Native Invaders

Novel Weapons Hypothesis

Pollination

Transformers

Weeds

NOTABLE TAXA

Algae

Ants

Bees

Birds

Brown Treesnake

Bryophytes and Lichens

Burmese Python and Other Giant Constrictors

Carnivores

Carp, Common

Cheatgrass

Crabs

Crayfish

Crustaceans (Other)

Disease Vectors, Human

Earthworms

Eucalypts

Fishes

Flaviviruses

Forest Insects

Freshwater Plants and Seaweeds

Fungi

Grasses and Forbs

Grazers

Gypsy Moth

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

Influenza

Invertebrates, Marine

Kudzu

Ladybugs

Lantana camara

Malaria Vectors

Mammals, Aquatic

Melastomes

Mosquitoes

Mycorrhizae

Nile Perch

Parasites, of Animals

Parasitic Plants

Pathogens, Animal

Pathogens, Human

Pathogens, Plant

Phytophthora

Predators

Rats

Reptiles and Amphibians

Rinderpest

Rodents (Other)

Sea Lamprey

Small Indian Mongoose

Snails and Slugs

Trees and Shrubs

Vines and Lianas

Wasps

Water Hyacinth

Zebra Mussel

PATHWAYS TO INVASION

Acclimatization Societies

Agriculture

Aquaculture

Aquaria

Ballast

Canals

Forestry and Agroforestry

Game Animals

Horticulture

Ostriculture

Pet Trade

MANAGEMENT AND REGULATION

Agreements, International

Biological Control, of Animals

Biological Control, of Plants

Black, White, and Gray Lists

CART and Related Methods

Databases

Early Detection and Rapid Response

Ecoterrorism and Biosecurity

Eradication

Herbicides

Integrated Pest Management

Laws, Federal and State

Mechanical Control

Pesticides (Fish and Mollusc)

Pesticides for Insect Eradication

Pesticides (Mammal)

Range Modeling

Regulation (U.S.)

Remote Sensing

Restoration

Risk Assessment and Prioritization

HISTORY

DAISIE Project

Darwin, Charles

Elton, Charles S.

Invasion Biology

Invasion Biology: Historical Precedents

SCOPE Project

Xenophobia

NOTABLE INVASIONS

Australia: Invasions

Great Lakes: Invasions

Hawaiian Islands: Invasions

Mediterranean Sea: Invasions

New Zealand: Invasions

Ponto-Caspian: Invasions

South Africa: Invasions

CONTRIBUTORS

CHRISTOPHER B. ANDERSON
University of Magallanes
Punta Arenas, Chile
Mammals, Aquatic

LARS W. J. ANDERSON
USDA-Agricultural Research Service
Davis, California
Freshwater Plants and Seaweeds

GREGORY P. ASNER
Carnegie Institution for Science
Stanford, California
Remote Sensing

PRZEMYSLAW BAJER
University of Minnesota, St. Paul
Carp, Common

SPENCER C. H. BARRETT
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Reproductive Systems, Plant

DEVIN M. BARTLEY
California Department of Fish and Game, sacramento

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