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  1. The Global Invasive Species Programme Brochure (1998) Infografik, Honolulu, HI.

  2. Baskin, Y. (1998). "Winners and losers in a changing world." BioScience 48: 788-792.

  3. Baskin, Yvonne. 2002 A Plague of Rats and Rubbervines: The Growing Threat of Species Invasions.. Shearwater Books/Island Press, Washington, D.C.

  4. Carlton, J.T. 2000. The Vectors of Invasions by Alien Species. pp 46-50. In Preston G., Brown, A.G., E. van Wyk (eds.) Best Management Practices for Preventing and Controlling Invasive Alien Species. Symposium Proceedings, Cape Town, South Africa: Working for Water Programme ISBN 0-620-26172-2:

  5. Dean, Richard W.J. (1998). Space Invaders: Modelling the Distribution, Impacts and Control of Alien Organisms [News & Comment] Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13: 256-258.

  6. Dukes, J.S. and H.A. Mooney (1999). Does global change increase the success of biological invaders. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14: 135-139.

  7. Everett, Richard A. 2000. Patterns and pathways of biological invasions [News and Comment. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 15:5:177-178.

  8. Lowe, S. M., Browne, S. Boudjelas, M. DePoorter 2001. 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species A selection from the Global Invasive Species Database, IUCN-ISSG.

  9. Mooney, H.A., McNeely, J., Neville, L. E., Schei, P.J., Waage J.K. (eds). Invasive Alien Species: Searching for Solutions. Island Press, Washington, D.C. (volume in preparation).

  1. McNeely, J.A., H.A. Mooney, L.E. Neville, P. Schei, Waage, J.K. (eds.) 2001. A Global Strategy on Invasive Alien Species. IUCN in collaboration with the Global Invasive Species Programme, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

  2. McNeely, J. 2000. Invasive Species: A Costly Catastrophe for Native Biodiversity. pp. 17-29. In Preston G., Brown, A.G., E. van Wyk (eds.) Best Management Practices for Preventing and Controlling Invasive Alien Species. Symposium Proceedings, Cape Town, South Africa: Working for Water Programme ISBN 0-620-26172-2:

  3. McNeely, J.A. (ed.). 2001. The Great Reshuffling: Human Dimensions of Invasive Alien Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

  4. Mooney, H.A. (1999). "Species without frontiers." Nature 397: 665-666.

  5. Mooney, H.A. and R.J. Hobbs. 2000. Invasive Species in a Changing World. Island Press.

  6. Mooney, H. A. 1999. A global strategy for dealing with alien invasive species. pp 407-418 in O. T. Sandlund, P. J. Schei, and A. Viken, eds. Invasive Species and Biodiversity Management. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

  7. Mooney, H. A., and A. Hofgaard. 1999. Biological invasions and global change. pp 139-148. In O. T. Sandlund, P. J. Schei, and A. Viken, eds. Invasive Species and Biodiversity Management. Kluwer, Dordrecht.

  8. Mooney, H. A., 1999. The Global Invasive Species Program (GISP) Biological Invasions 1:97-98.

  9. Mooney, H.A. and L. Neville. 2000. Addressing the Complex Problem of Invasive Species. pp. 30-33. In Preston G., Brown, A.G., E. van Wyk (eds.) Best Management Practices for Preventing and Controlling Invasive Alien Species. Symposium Proceedings, Cape Town, South Africa: Working for Water Programme ISBN 0-620-26172-2:

  10. Perrings, C., M. Williamson, and S. Dalmazzone. (Eds.) 2000. The Economics of Biological Invasions. Edited by Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

  11. Perrings, C. 2000 The Economics of Biological Invasions. 2000. pp 34-45. In Preston G., Brown, A.G., E. van Wyk (eds.) Best Management Practices for Preventing and Controlling Invasive Alien Species. Symposium Proceedings, Cape Town, South Africa: Working for Water Programme ISBN 0-620-26172-2:

  12. Rejmánek, M. 2000. Invasive plants: approaches and predictions. Australian Journal of Ecology (in press).

  13. Rejmánek, M. & Richardson, D.M. 2000. What makes some conifers more invasive? Proceedings of the Fourth International Conifer Conference.

  14. Richardson, D.M., Allsopp, N., D'Antonio, C.M., Milton, S.J. & Rejmánek, M. (2000). Plant invasions - the role of mutualisms. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 75: 65-93.

  15. Ruiz, G and J. T. Carlton, (eds). "Bioinvasions: Vector; Analysis and Management Strategies" Island Press, Washington, D.C. (volume in preparation).

  16. Shine, C.,Williams N., Gundling, L. 2000. A Guide to Designing Legal and Institutional Frameworks on Alien Invasive Species. IUCN Gland, Switzerland, Cambridge and Bonn. xvi+138 pp.

  17. Williamson, M. 2000 The Ecology of Invasions. pp 56-66. In Preston G., Brown, A.G., E. van Wyk (eds.) Best Management Practices for Preventing and Controlling Invasive Alien Species. Symposium Proceedings, Cape Town, South Africa: Working for Water Programme. ISBN 0-620-26172-2:

  18. Wittenberg, R.; Cock, M.J.W. 2001. Invasive alien species: A Toolkit of Best Prevention and Management Practices. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK.