Species Invasions Insights into Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeography,9780878938216

Species Invasions Insights into Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeography

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780878938216
ISBN10: 0878938214
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-06-21
Publisher(s): Sinauer Associates is an imprint of Oxford University Press
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Summary

"The study of species invasions to date has focused mainly on applied aspects. This book explores the potential of invasive species studies to offer insights into fundamental research issues in ecology, evolution, conservation biology, and biogeography. Contributed chapters by provide a framework applicable to general ecological studies"--Provided by publisher.

Author Biography


Dov F. Sax is Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Center for Environmental Studies at Brown University.

John J. Stachowicz is Professor of Evolution and Ecology and Director of the Center for Population Biology at the University of California, Davis.

Steven D. Gaines is Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology and Director of the Marine Science Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Table of Contents

Contributors ix
Preface xii
Introduction 1(8)
Dov F. Sax
Steven D. Gaines
John J. Stachowicz
PART I / Insights into Ecology
9(472)
Introduction
Phillip Cassey
Insights into Biotic Interactions from Studies of Species Invasions
13(28)
John F. Bruno
Jason D. Fridley
Keryn D. Bromberg
Mark D. Bertness
Species Invasions and the Relationships between Species Diversity, Community Saturation, and Ecosystem Functioning
41(24)
John J. Stachowicz
David Tilman
Plant Species Effects on Ecosystem Processes: Insights from Invasive Species
65(20)
Carla M. D'Antonio
Sarah E. Hobbie
Biological Invasions and the Loss of Birds on Islands: Insights into the Idiosyncrasies of Extinction
85(26)
Tim M. Blackburn
Kevin J. Gaston
The Role of Infectious Diseases in Natural Communities: What Introduced Species Tell Us
111(28)
Kevin D. Lafferty
Katherine F. Smith
Mark E. Torchin
Andy P. Dobson
Armand M. Kuris
PART II / Insights into Evolution
Introduction
135(4)
Mark Vellend
A. Randall Hughes
Richard K. Grosberg
Robert D. Holt
Using Invasive Species to Study Evolution: Case Studies with Drosophila and Salmon
139(26)
Raymond B. Huey
George W. Gilchrist
Andrew P. Hendry
Taxon Cycles: Insights from Invasive Species
165(36)
Robert E. Ricklefs
Genetic Bottlenecks in Alien Plant Species: Influence of Mating Systems and Introduction Dynamics
201(28)
Stephen J. Novak
Richard N. Mack
Mechanisms that Drive Evolutionary Change: Insights from Species Introductions and Invasions
229(30)
John P. Wares
A. Randall Hughes
Richard K. Grosberg
Theories of Niche Conservatism and Evolution: Could Exotic Species Be Potential Tests?
259(32)
Robert D. Holt
Michael Barfield
Richard Gomulkiewicz
Testing Fundamental Evolutionary Questions at Large Spatial and Demographic Scales: Species Invasions as an Underappreciated Tool
291(24)
William R. Rice
Dov F. Sax
Part III / Insights into Biogeography
Introduction
309(6)
Julie L. Lockwood
Invasion as Expectation: A Historical Fact of Life
315(26)
Geerat J. Vermeij
Evolutionary Trajectories in Plant and Soil Microbial Communities: Centaurea Invasions and the Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution
341(24)
Ragan M. Callaway
Jose L. Hierro
Andrea S. Thorpe
Community Composition and Homogenization: Evenness and Abundance of Native and Exotic Plant Species
365(16)
Michael L. McKinney
Julie L. Lockwood
Rates of Population Spread and Geographic Range Expansion: What Exotic Species Tell Us
381(40)
Brian P. Kinlan
Alan Hastings
Distribution and Abundance: Scaling Patterns in Exotic and Native Bird Species
421(26)
Fabio A. Labra
Sebastian R. Abades
Pablo A. Marquet
The Dynamics of Species Invasions: Insights into the Mechanisms That Limit Species Diversity
447(34)
Dov F. Sax
James H. Brown
Ethan P. White
Steven D. Gaines
Capstone: Where Do We Go from Here?
467(14)
Dov F. Sax
John J. Stachowicz
Steven D. Gaines
Index 481

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