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Invasion Biology: Mark A. Davis

This book provides a comprehensive review of the field of invasion biology, the first such single-authored overview since 1996. It describes the science of biological invasions, including the processes of introduction, establishment, and spread of invasive species. The book also connects the science to applications by describing the health, economic, and ecological impacts of invasives and different management strategies. It critically evaluates approaches and controversies in the field and suggests future research directions. The book addresses a wide range of invasive species and ecosystems studied around the world.

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Invasion Biology: Mark A. Davis

This book provides a comprehensive review of the field of invasion biology, the first such single-authored overview since 1996. It describes the science of biological invasions, including the processes of introduction, establishment, and spread of invasive species. The book also connects the science to applications by describing the health, economic, and ecological impacts of invasives and different management strategies. It critically evaluates approaches and controversies in the field and suggests future research directions. The book addresses a wide range of invasive species and ecosystems studied around the world.

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With the exception of climate change, biological invasions have probably received more

Mark A. Davis
attention during the past ten years than any other ecological topic. Yet this is the first b i o logy
synthetic, single-authored overview of the field since Williamson’s 1996 book. Written
fifty years after the publication of Elton’s pion­eering monograph on the subject, In­vasion
Biology provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the science of biological
invasions while also offering new insights and perspectives relating to the processes of
introduction, establishment, and spread. The book connects science with application
by describing the health, economic, and ecological impacts of invasive species as well as
the variety of management strategies developed to mitigate harmful impacts. The author
critically evaluates the approaches, findings, and controversies that have characterized
invasion biology in recent years, and suggests a variety of future research directions.
Carefully balanced to avoid distinct taxonomic, ecosystem, and geographic biases, the
book addresses a wide range of invasive species (including protists, invertebrates, ver­
tebrates, fungi, and plants), which have been studied in marine, freshwater, and terres-

Invasion Biology
trial environments throughout the world by investigators equally diverse in their origins.
This accessible and thought-provoking text will be of particular interest to graduate level
students and established researchers in the fields of invasion biology, community ecol-
ogy, conservation biology, and restoration ecology. It will also be of value and use to land
managers, policy makers, and other professionals charged with controlling the negative
impacts associated with recently arrived species.

Mark Davis is a plant ecologist who has published in the areas


of invasion biology, restoration ecology, succession ecology, and
climate change. He has also published in the areas of avian and
insect ecology. In the invasion field, he is best known for develop-
ing, along with colleagues, the fluctuating invasibility hypothesis,
which describes conditions under which environments are likely
to be resistant or receptive to the introductions of new species.
Davis is currently DeWitt Wallace Professor of Biology at
Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.

Mark A. Davis
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