Histories of Bioinvasions in the Mediterranean
Bioinvasions is a current top research subject for natural sciences, social sciences and humanities and a major concern for conservationists, land managers and planners. In the last decades, new findings, perspectives and practices have revealed the multifaceted challenges of preventing new introduc...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Series: | Environmental History,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74986-0 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction; Ana Isabel Queiroz, Simon Pooley
- 1. Mare Nostrum, Mare quod invaditur – the history of bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea; Bella S. Galil et al
- 2. The apparently relentless spread of the major stomatopod and decapod alien species in the Mediterranean basin; Chiara Manfrin et al
- 3. Scourge in the Mediterranean. The Argentine ant invasion and the phytosanitary policies imposed in the 1920s; Ana Isabel Queiroz
- 4. Balearic Islands herpetological history: when aliens conquered these islands and what to do next; Iolanda Silva-Rocha et al
- 5. The Xenopus laevis invasion in Portugal: an improbable connection of science, Mediterranean climate and river neglect; Mónica Sousa et al
- 6. Ecologically benign invasions: The invasion and adaptation of common waxbills (Estrilda astrild) in Iberia; Gonçalo C. Cardoso, Luís Reino
- 7. Long term mammal introductions in Ionian and Aegeus Islands; Marco Massetti
- 8. Spartina invasors in Mediterranean marshes: past, present and future; Bernardo Duarte et al
- 9. The Akrotiri peninsula and its forest: Impacts and perceptions of a colonial legacy; J.M. Peyton et al
- 10. The entangled history of humans and introduced plants on South Africa’s Cape Peninsula; Simon Pooley
- Indexes. .