Avian Invasions: The Ecology and Evolution of Exotic Birds

by Tim M. Blackburn, Julie L. Lockwood, Phillip Cassey

Biological invaders represent one of the primary threats to the maintenance of global biodiversity, human health, and the success of human economic enterprises. The continuing globalization of our society ensures that the need to understand the process of biological invasion will only increase in the future. There is also a growing recognition that the study of biological invaders provides a unique insight into basic questions in ecology and evolution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199232547
• ISBN13: 9780199232543
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"