Invasion Ecology

by Julie L. Lockwood, Michael P. Marchetti, Martha F. Hoopes

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research findings associated with each stage of invasion, Invasion Ecology provides an overview of the invasion process from transportation patterns and causes of establishment success to ecological impacts, invader management, and post-invasion evolution.

Increasing awareness of the problems associated with invasion has led to a rapid growth in research into the dynamics of non-native species and their adverse effects on native biota and human economies. This book provides a synthesis of this fast growing field of research, and is an essential text for undergraduate and graduate students in ecology and conservation management.

Genres: Science, Ecology

312 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2006

Reviews

[Erling]

Good and well researched introduction

[Fabio Mologni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good introductory guide on the subject.

[Randy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very disappointed. Comes highly praised by many readers, but my grad ecology class did not find that this really improved our understanding of the topic. The framework introduced in the first chapter is a good idea, but did not really deliver improved understanding, and the ensuing chapters did not use the framework effectively to solidify understanding. The search for a few simple and VERY general rules seems to have confused the issues more than improved them. Each chapter tends to emphasize one or another taxon (suggesting that perhaps if there are general rules they may be specific to particular taxa or systems or situations). The niche would have been a really useful concept to employ here (it's not even in the index). Most of the figures come from the original paper unchanged, but without enough context and annotation to help them stand on their own. So much here seemed to be things that would be fixed in a second edition... but this IS a second edition.
Perhaps the problem is that no one yet really knows how to analyze invasion ecology, or that it isn't that different from general ecology except that there are new species in new situations....?
I came into the book with only a field knowledge of invasions, and didn't have much more than that when I left.