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Title Invasive alien species : a toolkit of best prevention and management practices / edited by Rüdiger Wittenberg and Matthew J.W. Cock ; Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) [and others]
Published Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York : CABI Pub., ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : illustrations
Series Cabi Ser
Cabi Ser
Contents Introduction -- Building strategy and policy -- Prevention -- Early detection -- Assessment and management -- How to use this toolkit
Summary This toolkit provides an overview, advice by example, and sources for further information on the best management practices for invasive alien species, to assist and direct those involved with biodiversity conservation and land management. An introductory chapter is followed by a chapter on building strategy and policy for national plans. Methods for the prevention of invasive species and the risk-analysis process, and methods for early detection of new invasives are reviewed. Different management approaches are broadly reviewed. The toolkit contains many case studies covering a variety of ecosystems (terrestrial, freshwater, marine), including examples from traditional sectors such as agriculture and forestry, and features many different groups of invasive species: mammals, molluscs, insects, reptiles, amphibians, fish and other aquatic organisms, weeds, trees, and plant pathogens and includes released biological control agents. Whilst the toolkit is global in applicability, there is a small island focus, which recognizes that the impact of invasive alien species on biodiversity is greater in small island systems
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 228) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Nonindigenous pests -- Control
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Pest Control.
Amphibia.
Fishes.
Mollusca.
plants.
Reptiles.
Aquatic organisms.
Arthropod pests.
Biodiversity.
Biological control agents.
Conservation.
Detection.
Forest pests.
Introduction.
Invasion.
Islands.
Land management.
Natural enemies.
Pest control.
Pest management.
Pests.
Plant diseases.
Plant pathogens.
Plant pests.
Quarantine.
Risk analysis.
Vertebrate pests.
Weeds.
Woody plants.
Woody weeds.
Introduced species.
Invasive species.
Nonindigenous pests -- Control
Form Electronic book
Author Wittenberg, Rüdiger.
Cock, Matthew J. W.
Global Invasive Species Programme.
LC no. 2001043255
ISBN 9781845933326
184593332X
1281904929
9781281904928
0851995691
9780851995694