Invasive Species and Global Climate Change

This book examines what will happen to global invasive species, including plants, animals and pathogens with current and expected man-made climate change. The effects on distribution, success, spread and impact of invasive species are considered for a series of case studies from a number of countries. This book will be of great value to researchers, policymakers and industry in responding to changing management needs.

Part 1. The Dimensions of the Problem: Background and Science.

Chapter 1: Communicating the Dynamic Complexities of Climate and Ecology; Species Invasion and Resource Changes.

Chapter 2: Climate change and plant pathogen invasions.

Chapter 3: Analysis of Invasive Insects: Links to climate change.

Chapter 4: Climate Change, Plant Traits, and Invasion in Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems.

Part 2. Case Studies.

Chapter 5: Non-native Species in Antarctic Terrestrial Environments: The impacts of climate change and human activity

Chapter 6: Synergies between Climate Change and Species Invasions: Evidence from Marine Systems

Chapter 7: Ragweed in Eastern Europe.

Chapter 8: Climate Change and Alien Species in South Africa.

Chapter 9: Climate Change and ‘Alien Species in National Parks’: Revisited.

Chapter 10: Invasive plants in a rapidly changing climate: an Australian perspective.

Chapter 11: Invasive species of China and their responses to climate change.

Part 3. Management: Detection and Prevention.

Chapter 12: Identifying invasive species in real time: Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System (EDDMapS) and other mapping tools

Chapter 13: Global Identification of Invasive Species: The CABI Invasive Species Compendium as a Resource.

Chapter 14: The Biogeography of Invasive Plants – Projecting Range Shifts with Climate Change

Chapter 15: Identifying Climate Change as a Factor in the Establishment and Persistence of Invasive Weeds in Agricultural Crops.

Chapter 16: Assessing and managing the impact of climate change on invasive species: the PBDM approach.

Part 4. Management: Control and Adaptation.

Chapter 17: Climate, CO2 and Invasive Weed Management.

Chapter 18: Early Detection and Rapid Response: A Cost Effective Strategy for Minimizing the Establishment and Spread of New and Emerging Invasive Plants by Global Trade, Travel, and Climate Change.

Chapter 19: Adapting to Invasions in a Changing World: Invasive species as an economic resource