Integrating Biological Control into Conservation Practice

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136758603321
• Autore: Van Driesche Roy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wiley, 2016
• ISBN: 1-118-39258-2; 1-118-39255-8; 1-118-39257-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (372 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SimberloffDaniel; BlosseyBernd; CaustonCharlotte; HoddleMark; MarksChristian O; HeinzKevin M; WagnerDavid L; WarnerKeith D
• Disciplina: 577/.18
• Soggetti: Introduced organisms - Control; Pests - Biological control; Invasive plants - Control; Alien plants - Control; Conservation biology; Nature conservation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Designing a restoration plan using Connecticut River floodplain forests as a modelRestoring physical processes to suppress invasive plants; Assessing ecological impact of invasive species; Eradiation and containment of a serious invader; Biological control and breeding host resistance against pests and pathogens; Holistic ecological restoration and invasive species management; Biological control agents from other regions; Conclusion for Connecticut River watershed case study; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 Matching tools to ; management goals; Introduction; Eradication; Limiting spread; Local, or area-wide, temporary suppression of invaders Manual or mechanical removal; Mass trapping; Hunting and bounties; Pesticides; Behavior-modifying chemicals ; Area-wide, permanent suppression through modification of ecosystem processes ; Changes in fire regimes; Changes in flood level or duration; Changes in grazing regimes; Changes in soil fertility levels; Replanting with native plants; Area-wide, permanent control through natural enemy introductions ; Factors affecting control efficacy; Invader biology; Ecological or geographic features of the invaded ecosystem; Spotted-wing drosophila, in Hawaii, a hypothetical case (Rank 5: unacceptably high risk)