Conservation Tools

Org./Source: National Academy of Sciences
Year: 2002

The book analyzes the factors that shape an invader s progress through four stages: arriving through one of many possible ports of entry, reaching a threshold of survival, thriving through proliferation and geographic spread, and ultimate impact on the organism s new environment. The book also reviews approaches to predicting whether a species will become an invader as well as the more complex challenge of predicting and measuring its impact on the environment, a process involving value judgments and risk assessment. This detailed analysis will be of interest to policymakers, plant scientists, agricultural producers, environmentalists, and public agencies concerned with invasive plant and plant pest species.

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Item type(s): Guide
Topic tags: Habitat & Wildlife Management, Invasive Plant Species, Native Plant Species, Stewardship of the Land

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