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Title Invasive species : detection, impact, and control / Charles P. Wilcox and Randall B. Turpin, editors
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Contents INVASIVE SPECIES: DETECTION, IMPACT AND CONTROL ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; COMPARISON OF METHOD AND SEASON OF APPLICATION FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE TREE SPECIES AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA IN VIRGINIA, USA ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; METHODS ; RESULTS ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; DROWNING IN THE SAND: INVASION BY FORAMINIFERA ; ALIEN FORAMINIFERA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; REFERENCES ; ANALYSIS OF REGENERATION OF COEXISTING INTRODUCED VERSUS NATIVE SPECIES OF PINE IN THE CANARY ISLANDS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; MATERIAL AND METHODS ; Study Site
Design of the Experiment Statistical Analysis; RESULTS ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLOR: A REVIEW OF ITS STATUS, DYNAMICS AND MANAGEMENT ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; 2.1 Description of the Species; 2.2 Genus Spartina ; 2.3 Cytogenetics of Spartina alterniflora ; 2.4 Reproductive Biology of Spartina Alterniflora ; 2.5 Distribution of Spartina Alterniflora ; 3. THE ECOLOGICAL SUPERIORITY FOR SUCCESSFUL INVASION; 3.1 The invasive patterns of Spartina Alterniflora
3.2 Genetic Basic and Ability of Hybridization and Introgression of Spartina Alterniflora 3.3 Ecological Adaptability of Spartina Alterniflora ; 3.4 Reproductive Capability of Spartina Alterniflora ; 3.5 The Invasibility of Native Ecosystem as a Necessary Condition of Spartina Alterniflora Invasion ; 4. THE FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SPARTIAN ALTERNIFLORA ; 4.1 The Functional Evaluation on S. Alterniflora ; 4.2 Management of S. Alterniflora ; 5. CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; CURRENT TRENDS IN INVASIVE ASCIDIAN RESEARCH ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION
INVASION HISTORY ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS ; VECTORS OF ASCIDIAN INTRODUCTIONS ; PREVENTION, REMOVAL TREATMENTS AND MITIGATION EFFORTS ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; PREVENTION: A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO THE CONTROL OF INVASIVE PLANTS IN WILDLANDS; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; LIMITING SPATIAL DISPERSAL ; PLANT COMMUNITY RESISTANCE ; SEARCHING FOR AND ERADICATING ; IMPLEMENTING INVASIVE PLANT PREVENTION ; NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; CHARACTERIZING FIELD-LEVEL HYPERSPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS FOR IDENTIFYING WETLAND INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION
2. METHODS 2.1. Study Area ; 2.2. Data Collection and Preprocessing ; 2.3. Analytical Techniques ; 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ; 3.1. Spectral Separation; 3.2. Continuum Removal ; 3.3. Spectra Features from Derivatives ; 3.4. Shape Filter ; 4. CONCLUSIONS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES ; IMPACTS OF ALIEN INVASIVE PLANTS ON SOIL AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES IN BELGIUM: LESSONS FROM A MULTISPECIES APPROACH ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; INVASIVE PLANTS TEND TO HOMOGENIZE SOIL PROPERTIES ACROSS INVADED LANDSCAPES ; MECHANISMS OF INVASIVE PLANT IMPACT ON SOIL PROPERTIES
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Nonindigenous pests.
Biological invasions.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- General.
Biological invasions
Nonindigenous pests
Form Electronic book
Author Wilcox, Charles P.
Turpin, Randall B.
ISBN 9781607419044
1607419041