Biological Invasions in South Africa
This open access volume presents a comprehensive account of all aspects of biological invasions in South Africa, where research has been conducted over more than three decades, and where bold initiatives have been implemented in attempts to control invasi
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Brian W. van Wilgen · John Measey David M. Richardson · John R. Wilson Tsungai A. Zengeya Editors
Biological Invasions in South Africa
Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology Volume 14
Series Editor Daniel Simberloff Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN, USA
Biological Invasions represent one of those rare themes that cut across the disciplines of academic biology, while having profound environmental, philosophical, socioeconomic, and legislative implications at a global scale. There can be no doubt that biological invasions represent the single greatest threat to biodiversity past the activities of humankind itself. The implications are far reaching. Novel ecological and evolutionary forces are now directing the future expression of life itself, as native species and the communities that they comprise contend with invading species. The rules of the game have been suddenly and irrevocably changed. Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology is a new book series topically spanning the breadth of invasion biology. The series is of singular importance as an integrative venue focusing on the broader ecological and evolutionary issues arising from non-native species, the impacts such species have in particular environs, trends patterns and processes, as well as causes and correctives. The series seeks novel and synthetic approaches to invasions including experimental, theoretical, systematic and conceptual treatments. Prospective authors and/or editors should consult the Series Editor Daniel Simberloff for more details: e-mail: [email protected]
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/7228
Brian W. van Wilgen • John Measey • David M. Richardson • John R. Wilson • Tsungai A. Zengeya Editors
Biological Invasions in South Africa
Editors Brian W. van Wilgen Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa David M. Richardson Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa
John Measey Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa John R. Wilson South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre Cape Town, South Africa Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa
Tsungai A. Zengeya South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre Cape Town, South Africa Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa
Invading Nature - Springer Series in Invasion Ecology ISBN 978-3-030-32393-6 ISBN 978-3-030-32394-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32394-3
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