tailieunhanh - Management of Invasive Weeds

Biological invasions are one of the major threats to our native biodiversity. The magnitude of biodiversity losses, land degradation and productivity losses of managed and natural ecosystems due to invasive species is enormous. It has an adverse impact on our efforts to maintain biodiversity and on our conservation programs, and thus could create societal instability. The ecological and environmental aspects of nonnative invasive plants are of great importance to (1) understand ecological principles involved in the management of invasives, (2) design management strategies, (3) find effective management solutions for some of the worst invaders, and (4) frame policies and regulations | Management of Invasive Weeds Edited by Inderjit Invading nature springer series in invasion ecology 5 Management of Invasive Weeds INVADING NATURE -SPRINGER SERIES IN INVASION ECOLOGY Volume 5 Series Editor JAMES A. DRAKE University of Tennessee Knoxville TN . For other titles published in this series go to series .