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Avian Invasions: The Ecology and Evolution of Exotic Birds [Kõva köide]

(Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, UK), (Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA), (Centre for Ornithology, University of Birmingham, UK)
  • Formaat: Hardback, 316 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 240x160x20 mm, kaal: 676 g, 65 illustrations
  • Sari: Oxford Avian Biology Series
  • Ilmumisaeg: 25-Jun-2009
  • Kirjastus: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0199232547
  • ISBN-13: 9780199232543
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 316 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 240x160x20 mm, kaal: 676 g, 65 illustrations
  • Sari: Oxford Avian Biology Series
  • Ilmumisaeg: 25-Jun-2009
  • Kirjastus: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0199232547
  • ISBN-13: 9780199232543
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Märksõnad:
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.

The study of exotic birds has had a particularly long history and has come to represent a fascinating intersection between the study of biological invasions, avian conservation biology, and basic principles of ecology and evolution. Avian Invasions summarizes and synthesizes this unique historical record and unravels the insights that the study of exotic birds brings to all three of these research strands. It includes chapters on the well-known contributions of exotic bird study to ecological science, and on the post-establishment evolution of introduced bird populations. The result is the most comprehensive picture yet of the invasion process.

Avian Invasions is aimed at professional avian biologists and ornithologists as well as graduate students of avian ecology, evolution and conservation. It also appeals to a more general audience of invasion ecologists.

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Overall, this is a comprehensive, up-todate, and exciting book. It provides a much-needed stimulus for a greater focus on avian invasions and their effects on native biodiversity, but it also illustrates how the study of exotic birds can help to advance our general understanding of invasion ecology. I predict that it will become a classic text in invasion ecology, and I strongly commend it to all who are interested in this important and growing field. * PLoS Biology * In this book, three leading experts combine theory with a rigorous analysis of the evidence to ask what are the causes and consequences of avian invasions. And they succeed formidably. The book is a must read for anyone interested in biological invasions, and will inspire students and academic researchers alike. It is informative, comprehensive, rigorous, stimulating and highly readable. * Trends in Ecology and Evolution *

Preface ;
1. Introduction to the Study of Exotic Birds ;
2. Transport
and Introduction ;
3. The Role of Contingency in Establishment Success ;
4.
The Role of Species Traits in Establishment Success ;
5. The Role of Location
in Establishment Success ;
6. Geographic Range Expansion of Exotic Birds ;
7.
The Ecology of Exotic Birds in Novel Locations ;
8. The Genetics of Exotic
Bird Introductions ;
9. The Evolution of Exotic Birds ;
10. Lessons from
Exotic Birds ; References ; Index
Tim Blackburn is Head of the Institute of Zoology, the research division of the Zoological Society of London. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford and an Honorary Professor at the University of Birmingham. His research primary research interests concern invasion biology, macroecology, and extinction.

Julie Lockwood is an Associate Professor at Rutgers University. Her interests are in the ecology and evolution of biological invaders, and the conservation of threatened birds.



Phillip Cassey is a research fellow in Systems Ecology at the University of Birmingham. He is primarily interested in the application of realistic statistical models for understanding ecological processes; particularly of extinction and invasion among birds.