Pimentel D. (Ed.) Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species

2nd Edition. — Taylor and Francis Group, LLC, 2011. — 462 p. — ISBN10: 143982990X.The impact of invasive species is second only to that of human population growth and associated activities as a cause of the loss of biodiversity throughout the world. In the United States, invasions of nonnative plants, animals, or microbes cause major environmental damage.
The second edition of Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species represents the most current, single-source reference containing scientific and economic information on this timely subject.
This volume reconfirms the diverse and unpredictable roles that non-native species assume as they invade new ecosystems: destruction of vital crops and forests, major damages to ecosystems leading to loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, and water loss. The text provides information on how the non-native species invade new ecosystems, their subsequent environmental effects, and estimates on economic impacts. Biological Invasions supplies scientists, policymakers, and the public with a better understanding of the invading species and how to prevent their spread and improve control procedures.Introduction: Nonnative species in the world
Australia
The impacts of alien plants in Australia
Environmental and economic costs of invertebrate invasions in Australia
Brazil
Invasive vertebrates in Brazil
British Isles
Alien plants in Britain
Economic, environmental, and social dimensions of alien vertebrate species in Britain
Europe
Impacts of alien vertebrates in Europe
Invasive patterns of alien terrestrial invertebrates in Europe
Invasive plant pathogens in Europe
India
Invasive plants in the Indian subcontinent
Invasive invertebrates in India: Economic implications
New Zealand
Economic impacts of weeds in New Zealand: Some examples
Ecological and economic costs of alien vertebrates in New Zealand
South Africa
The economic consequences of the environmental impacts of alien plant invasions in South Africa
Invasive vertebrates of South Africa
United States
Rodents and other vertebrate invaders in the United States
Environmental and economic costs associated with alien invasive species in the United States