Screen LibraryInvasive and introduced plants and animals：human perceptions, attitudes, and approaches to management
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Earthscan,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, DC |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 375 p.: ill., 1 map ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781849710718 (hbk) 1849710716 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | Q16 |
| CLC: | Q16 |
| Call Number: | Q16/I621-1 |
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"Earthscan publishes in association with the International Institute for Environment and Development." Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Balancing species history, human culture and scientific insight: Introduction and overview / Ian D. Rotherham and Robert A. Lambert -- 2. Xenophobia or conservation: some human dimensions of invasive alien species / Jeffrey A. McNeeley -- 3. Over Here: American Animals in Britain / Peter Coates -- 4. How the Concept of Alien Species Emerged and Developed in Twentieth-Century Britain / Chris Smout -- 5. Nativeness and Nationhood: What species 'belong' in post-devolution Scotland? / Charles Warren -- 6. Who is the invader? Alien species, property rights, and the police power / Mark Sagoff -- 7. Whales, Whitefellas and the Ambiguity of 'Nativeness': Reflections on the emplacement of Australian identities / David Trigger -- 8. The rise of modern invasion biology and American attitudes towards introduced species / Daniel Simberloff -- 9. Anekeitaxonomy: Botany, Place and Belonging / Matthew K. Chew -- 10. The other Side of Bio-Invasion: The Example of Acclimatization in Germany / Iris Borowy -- 11. Strangers in a familiar land: the return of the native 'aliens' and the (re)wilding of Britain's skies, 1850-2010 / Robert A Lambert -- 12. Public perception of invasive alien species in Mediterranean Europe / Francesca Gherardi -- 13. The Human Dimensions of Invasive Plants in Tropical Africa / Pierre Binggeli -- 14. The Rise and Fall of Japanese Knotweed? John Bailey -- 15. History and Perception in Animal and Plant Invasions - The case of acclimatisation and wild gardeners / Ian D. Rotherham -- 16. Factors Affecting People's Response to Invasive Species Management / Paul H. Gobster -- 17. The paradox of invasive species in ecological restoration: Do restorationists worry about them too much or too little? / Stuart K. Allison -- 18. A View from Continental Europe: The case study of Prunus serotina in France in comparison with other invasives / Aurelie Javelle, Bernard Kalaora and Guillaume Decocq -- 19. Native or Alien? The case of the Wild Boar in Britain / Martin Goulding -- 20. Exotic and Invasive Species: An Economic Perspective / Craig Osteen and Michael Livingston -- 21. Satisfaction in a Horse: The perception and assimilation of an exotic animal into Maori custom law / Hazel Petrie -- 22. Fire and Loathing in the Fynbos: Notions of indigenous and alien vegetation in South Africa's Western Cape, c.1902-1945 / Simon Pooley -- 23. Biological Invasion and Narratives of Environmental History in New Zealand, 1800-2000 / James Beattie -- 24. Good Science, Good History and Pragmatism: Managing the way ahead / Ian D. Rotherham and Robert A. Lambert. |