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Author: Julie Lockwood, Dustin J. Welbourne 

Today there is no place on Earth that does not harbour invasive exotic species. Invasive plants and animals can be found on every continent, including Antarctica, and within all waterbodies, including all oceans. In our increasingly connected world, with speedy commercial and recreational travel and the global movement of biological matter for food, invasive species are showing up at such a fast rate that there is no way to accurately count how many currently exist or how many are likely to emerge in the coming decades. Monitoring these species and controlling their spread is essential, as we increasingly understand the negative impacts they pose: their threat to our health; the toll they take on our commercial production; and the threat they pose to native ecosystems. This Very Short Introduction provides a clear definition of an invasive species, and considers the myriad ways they are moved around the globe, and the ecological, social, and economic impacts they often impose. Exploring the way Earth’s biodiversity is being affected by global change, Julie Lockwood also discusses policy and management approaches to combating the ill-effects of invasive species, and how invasive species fit within the broader context of environmental change. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Invasive Species: A Very Short Introduction 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1 A global challenge
Chapter 2 Nature abhors a definition
What is a biological population?
What are non-native species?
What are undesirable impacts?
Why spread is sufficient
Chapter 3 Pathways of introduction
Where there’s a corridor there’s a way
Hitch-hiking to invasion
Putting the best species in the best places
Chapter 4 Establishing a population
N-dimensional hypervolume
Biotic resistance
Traits to survive establishment
Propagule pressure
Chapter 5 How populations spread
Growing populations
Population dispersal
Expanding, stabilizing, contracting
Chapter 6 Interactions in ecosystems
Eating the natives
Competing with the natives
Infecting the natives
Physical interactions
Chapter 7 States of an ecosystem
Ecosystem states
Bistability
Chapter 8 Undesirable impacts
Economic
Human health and wellbeing
Environmental
Chapter 9 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Biosecurity
Early detection and rapid response
Stop the spread
Asset protection
Chapter 10 It is never simple
Weighing the desirability of impacts
Invasive species and endangered species
The impact of climate change
Chapter 11 A deliberate future
Will there be any ‘natural’ left in nature?
New impacts or more of the same?
On the upside
Welcome to the Anthropocene
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