What are Invasive species?

Find out more about invasive species and why they threaten our world.

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Workshops, conferences and events focusing on invasive species.

Websites and online databases

Search for websites and online databases about invasives species.

Other useful resources on invasive species

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Books

 

    Sandlund O.T., Schei P.T. and Viken A. (eds) 2001. Invasive Species and Biodiversity Management: Population and Community Biology.Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Holland. 431pp

    Mooney H.A., Mack R.N., McNeely J.A., Neville L.E., Schei P.J., and Waage J.K (eds). 2005

    Invasive Alien Species: A New Synthesis. Island Press, Covelo, California.  368 pp.

    Ruiz G.M. and Carlton J.T. (eds). 2003. Invasive species: vectors and management strategies. Island Press, Washington,Covelo, California, and London, 518 pp.


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


    Leppäkoski E., Gollasch S. and Olenin S. (Eds.) 2002. Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe Distribution, Impacts and Management. Springer 600 p.


    Gollasch S. and Leppäkoski E. (eds) 1999. Initial Risk Assessment of Marine Alien Species in Nordic Coastal Waters. Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen. Nord 8. 244 pp.

    Henderson, L. 2001. Alien Weeds and Invasive Plants: A complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute & Agricultural Research Council, South Africa 300pp.

    Weidema, I. R. (ed). 2000. Introduced Species in the Nordic Countries. Nord 2000:13. Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen. 242pp.
    Hussey B.M.J., Keighery G.J., Cousens R.D., Dodd J. and Lloyd S.G. 2007. Western weeds: a guide to the weeds of Western Australia - 2nd edition. Weed Society of WA, Australia. 312 pp.
    2005. Proceedings: Invasive species in Mediterranean type regions of the world. Environmental Encounters 35, Council of Europe.


    Capdevila-Arguelles L., Zilletti B. and Pérez N. 2003. Contribuciones al conocimiento de las especies exóticas invasoras en España
    G.E.I Grupo Especies Invasoras,León, España. 272pp.


    Mooney, H. and Hobbs, R. (eds). 2000. Invasive species in a changing world.
    Island Press. 384pp.


    Hartemink, A.E. 2006  Invasion of Piper aduncum in the shifting cultivation systems of Papua New Guinea. ISRIC - World Soil Information, Wageningen. 234pp.

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    Veitch C.R. and Clout M.N. 2002. Turning the tide: the eradication of invasive species
    Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature et de ses Ressources, Switzerland.414pp.

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Papers

Reaser et al. (2007). Ecological and socioeconomic impacts of invasive alien species in island ecosystems. Environmental Conservation, 34, pp 98-111
doi:10.1017/S0376892907003815

 

 

 

 

 

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