Biological Invasions in New Zealand
Man’s recent colonization of New Zealand has dramatically altered the resident biota and resulted in the introduction of numerous alien organisms to these once remote islands. In reverse, there is increasing evidence of a lesser known export of species to
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Edited by M.M. Caldwell, Logan, USA G. Heldmaier, Marburg, Germany R.B. Jackson, Durham, USA O.L. Lange, Würzburg, Germany H.A. Mooney, Stanford, USA E.-D. Schulze, Jena, Germany U. Sommer, Kiel, Germany
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R.B. Allen W.G. Lee (Eds.)
Biological Invasions in New Zealand With 38 Figures and 28 Tables
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Dr. Robert B. Allen Landcare Research PO Box 69 Lincoln 8152 New Zealand Dr. William G. Lee Landcare Research Private Bag 1930 Dunedin New Zealand
Cover illustration: A diverse range of species have invaded New Zealand, largely from the Northern Hemisphere, and now there is an increasing number of New Zealand species that are invasive in other parts of the world. Cover design by Ruth Guthrie and Jenny Hurst.
ISSN 0070-8356 ISBN-10 3-540-30022-8 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN-13 978-3-540-30022-9 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Foreword
Rob Allen and William Lee, along with a comprehensive cast of experts, have produced a book on the “Biological Invasions in New Zealand” that will be welcomed by the growing community of scholars around the world who are studying the spread and impacts of alien invasive species on the land and in the waters of the world. In Charles Darwin’s visit to New Zealand in 1835, during the voyage of the Beagle, he noted after passing through miles of “uninhabited useless country”, the joy of coming to an English farmhouse, with their large gardens offering “every fruit and vegetable that England produces” and gorse for fences. Fast forward a little over a hundred years later to Charles Elton’s seminal book on invasive species, “The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants”. In this book, Elton too calls attention to New Zealand but w
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