TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pimentel,David
TI  - Biological invasions: economic and environmental costs of alien plant, animal, and microbe species 
SN  - 9781439829912 (ebook : PDF)
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Boca Raton, Fla.
PB  - CRC Press
KW  - Biological invasions
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; section 1. Australia -- section 2. Brazil -- section 3. British Isles -- section 4. Europe -- section 5. India -- section 6. New Zealand -- section 7. South Africa -- section 8. United States; Also available in print edition
N2  - "A revised, expanded, and updated second version to the successful Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species, this reference discusses how non-native species invade new ecosystems and the subsequent economic and environmental effects of these species. With nine new chapters, this text provides detailed information on the major components of the invasive-species problem from six continents, including impacts on human health and livestock. The book examines ways in which non-native species destroy vital crops and forests; damage ecosystem dynamics, which leads to plant and animal biodiversity losses; and cause soil erosion and water loss"--
UR  - http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781439829912
ER  -