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Author(s): Judith H. Myers, Dawn Bazely
ISBN(s): 9780521357784, 0521357780
Edition: illustrated edition
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Year: 2003
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0521357780
ISBN 13: 9780521357784
Author: Judith H Myers, Dawn Bazely

The global spread of plant species by humans is both a fascinating large scale experiment and, in many cases, a major perturbation to native plant communities. Many of the most destructive weeds today have been intentionally introduced to new environments where they have had unexpected and detrimental impacts. This 2003 book considers the problem of invasive introduced plants from historical, ecological and sociological perspectives. We consider such questions as ‘What makes a community invasible?’, ‘What makes a plant an invader?’ and ‘Can we restore plant communities after invasion?’ Written with advanced students and land managers in mind, this book contains practical explanations, case studies and an introduction to basic techniques for evaluating the impacts of invasive plants. An underlying theme is that experimental and quantitative evaluation of potential problems is necessary, and solutions must consider the evolutionary and ecological constraints acting on species interactions in newly invaded communities.

Ecology and Control of Introduced Plants 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction

  • Weeds and the Value of Native Species

  • The Socio-Economic Background of Plant Introductions

  • Turning Back the Clock – Is Restoration Possible?

  • Biological Control as an Approach to Introduced Weeds

  • Promoting Ecosystem Management for Native Species

  • Conclusions

Chapter 2: Planet of Weeds: Exotic Plants in the Landscape

  • The Scope of the Problem: How Many and How Costly Are Non-Native Plant Species?

  • What’s in a Name?

  • Patterns of Plant Introductions

  • The European Invasion

  • The Ecological Theory of Colonization and Invasion

  • Landscape Ecology and Invasive Species

  • How Do Corridors Affect the Spread of Introduced Species?

  • Landscape Level Patterns of Invasion – The Lonsdale Model

  • Conclusions

Chapter 3: Biological Invasions in the Context of Plant Communities

Part 1 – Characteristics of Native Plant Communities That Influence Plant Invasions

  • Disturbance and Succession

  • Grime’s C–S–R Model of Succession

  • Disturbance and the Invasion of Plant Species

  • Herbivory and Introduced Plant Species

  • Influences of Generalist and Specialist Herbivores on Community Invasibility

  • Resistance of Invasive Species to Grazing

  • Interspecific Competition and Plant Invasion

  • Are More Diverse Communities Less Vulnerable to Invasion?

  • Invasions and Fluctuating Resource Availability

  • The Concept of ‘Niche Opportunity’

  • Ecological Niche Modeling

Part 2 – The Effects of Invasive Species on Plant Communities and Ecosystems

  • Effects of Invasive Plants on Plant Diversity

  • Effects of Introduced Species on Ecosystem Functioning

  • Invasive Species and the Soil

  • Conclusions

Chapter 4: Predicting Invasiveness from Life History Characteristics

  • What Are Life History Traits?

  • Vegetative Reproduction

  • Time to First Reproduction

  • Growth versus Flowering

  • Seed Germination and Dispersal

  • Seed Banks

  • Disturbance and Seed Persistence

  • Seed Size and Seed Predation

  • Case Study – Phragmites australis – A Story of Successful Vegetative Reproduction

  • Do Life History Characteristics Predict Invasiveness?

  • Predicting Invasive Species and the Design of Quarantine Regulations

  • Conclusions

Chapter 5: Population Ecology and Introduced Plants

  • Why Study Plant Populations?

  • What Determines Plant Population Densities?

  • Self-Thinning and the 3/2 Rule

  • Are Plants Seed Limited?

  • Demographic Parameters

  • Monitoring Populations

  • Life Tables and Key Factor Analysis

  • Population Ecology of Vegetatively Reproducing Plants

  • Case Study – Diffuse Knapweed in British Columbia

  • Conclusions

Chapter 6: Introduced Plant Diseases

  • Introduction

  • Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)

  • Joint Introductions – Common Barberry and Wheat Stem Rust

  • Sudden Oak Death and Rhododendrons

  • White Pine Blister Rust (Cronartium ribicola)

  • Pandemics of Dutch Elm Disease (Ophiostoma ulmi and O. novo-ulmi)

  • Introduction of Fungi for Biological Control of Weeds

  • Uromycladium tepperianum on Acacia saligna in South Africa

  • Puccinia chondrillina on Chondrilla juncea in Australia

  • The Potential Role of Soil Microbes in Invasiveness

  • Preventing the Introductions of Plant Diseases

  • Conclusions

Chapter 7: Biological Control of Introduced Plants

  • Introduction

  • How Successful is Biological Control?

  • Quantifying Biological Success

  • Cost Effectiveness

  • Remembering Success

  • Can We Predict Successful Agents and Vulnerable Plants?

  • Are Certain Plant Types More Susceptible to Biological Control?

  • Are Certain Plants More Suitable for Biological Control?

  • Can We Predict What Will Be a Successful Biological Control Agent?

  • How Many Agents Are Necessary for Success?

  • Selecting the Right Agent

  • Are New Associations of Plants and Insects More Likely Successful?

  • Historical Perspectives – Using the Past to Predict the Future

  • Do Seed Predators Make Good Biological Control Agents?

  • Is Biological Control Safe?

  • Conclusions

Chapter 8: Modeling Invasive Plants and Their Control

  • Introduction

  • The History of Modeling Biological Control

  • Modeling the Impact of Seed Predators

  • Another Model of Knapweed

  • A Hypothetical, Stochastic Model of Seed Limitation

  • Models of Scotch Broom

  • Simulation and Analytical Model of Native Populations of Broom

  • Matrix Models of Introduced Broom in North America

  • Combining Population Models and Experiments

  • A Model of Biological Control of Sida acuta in Northern Australia

  • A Model of Biological Control of Tansy Ragwort Control in Oregon

  • The World is Variable But Models Are Not

  • Modeling Invasive Plants – What Have We Learned?

  • Modeling Invasions as They Spread Across Habitats and Landscapes

  • The Concept of ‘Nascent’ Foci

  • What Models Tell Us About Detecting Invasions

  • Invasion Speed for Structured Populations

  • Slowing the Spread

  • Conclusions

Chapter 9: Action Against Non-Indigenous Species

  • Introduction

  • The Scale of the Problem

  • Manuals and Advice

  • Physical Control Methods

  • Pulling and Cutting

  • Non-Targeted Physical Control

  • Chemical Control of Non-Indigenous Plant Species

  • Costs and Benefits of Control

  • Assessing Control of Non-Indigenous Species

  • Eradication as a Goal

  • Increasing the Chances of Successful Control

  • Who Should Take Responsibility for Introduced Species?

  • The Uncertain Status of Some Invasive Species

  • Conclusions

Chapter 10: Genetically Modified Plants and Final Conclusions

  • Genetically Modified Plants: Another Time Bomb?

  • Some Concluding Remarks

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