Biotic invasions: Causes, epidemiology, global consequences, and control

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 689-710

  Mack, Richard N ^a   Simberloff, Daniel ^b   Lonsdale, W Mark ^c   Evans, Harry ^d   Clout, Michael ^e   Bazzaz, Fakhri A ^f  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CABI   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biological control; Biotic invaders; Eradication; Global change; Immigration; Invasion; Naturalization; Nonindigenous; Pests; We eds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; IMMIGRATION;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0034482055     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0689:BICEGC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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8. The biology, distribution, and ecological consequences of Melaleuca quinquenervia in the Everglades
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17. Biological control
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22. An invading giant
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25. Management by Florida's Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
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31. Root profiles and competition between the invasive, exotic perennial, Carpobortus edulis, and two native shrub species in California coastal scrub
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38. Which animal will invade?
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46. Establishment, aggression and cohabitation
47. After description
48. Patterns, extents and modes of invasions by terrestrial plants
49. Citrus blackfly
50. Environmental impacts of classical biological control
51. Weed seeds in rice seed shipments: A case study
52. Stemming the tide of invading species
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68. Forage Kochia competition with cheatgrass in central Utah
69. Citrus canker
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72. Biological control of jointed cactus, Opuntia aurantiaca (Cactaceae), in South Africa
73. Interspecific competition among Hawaiian forest birds
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85. Invasion of polygene fire ants decimates native ants and disrupts arthropod community
86. Ecological restoration
87. Predicting invasions of woody plants introduced into North America
88. What attributes make some plant species more invasive?
89. Extinction by hybridization and introgression
90. Plant and animal invasions
91. The dispersal of plants throughout the world
92. The West's fisheries spin out of control
93. The cat rescue movement vs. wildlife defenders
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95. In search of the characteristics of plant invaders
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102. Amazon deforestation and climatic change
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104. The contribution of population and community biology to conservation science
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107. Eradication
108. Why we should care?
109. How risky is biological control?
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113. Dances with horses: Lessons from the environmental fringe
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124. An overview of the implications of global change for natural and managed terrestrial ecosystems
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129. Exclusion and eradication of foreign weeds from the United States by USDA APHIS
130. The biology of Phytophthora cinnamomi in Australasian forests
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132. The control of schistosomiasis