Ecology and Control of Introduced Plants [Hardcover]

This 2003 book discusses the impact of introduced plant species on native ecosystems and methods of their control.This book focuses on introduced plant species: where they come from, their impacts on native vegetation and ecosystems and the potential for their control. Invasive plants are a cause of increasing concern, and a lot of effort has been put into removing and controlling unwanted organisms. This book is aimed at advanced students and land managers, with an interest in plant invaders, plant communitites, and biodiversity. It contains practical explanations, case studies and an introduction to basic techniques for evaluating the impacts of invasive plants.This book focuses on introduced plant species: where they come from, their impacts on native vegetation and ecosystems and the potential for their control. Invasive plants are a cause of increasing concern, and a lot of effort has been put into removing and controlling unwanted organisms. This book is aimed at advanced students and land managers, with an interest in plant invaders, plant communitites, and biodiversity. It contains practical explanations, case studies and an introduction to basic techniques for evaluating the impacts of invasive plants.This book focuses on introduced plant species: their origins and impacts on native vegetation and ecosystems as well as the potential for their control. Aimed at advanced students and land managers concerned with plant community conservation, it includes practical explanations, case studies and an introduction to basic techniques for evaluating the impacts of invasive plants.1. Introduction; 2. Planet of weeds: exotics in the landscape; 3. Ecosystem, community composition, richness and dynamics; 4. Life history characteristics and predicting invasiveness; 5. Population ecology; 6. Introduced plant diseases; 7. Classical biological control of exotic weeds; 8. Models of invasive plant populations; 9. Cultural control of invasive species; 10. Conserving and restols: