Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Invasive Alien Species: The Nature of the Problem -- Chapter 2: The Economics of Biological Invasions -- Chapter 3:Vector Science and Integrated Vector Management in Bioinvasion Ecology: Conceptual Frameworks -- Chapter 4: The ISSG Global Invasive Species Database and Other Aspects of an Early Warning System -- Chapter 5: Characterizing Ecological Risks of Introductions and Invasions -- Chapter 6: Ecology of Invasive Plants:State of the Art -- Chapter 7: Facilitation and Synergistic Interactions between Introduced Aquatic Species -- Chapter 8: Assessing Biotic Invasions in Time and Space: The Second Imperative -- Chapter 9: Best Practices for the Prevention and Management of Invasive Alien Species -- Chapter 10: Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Invasive Alien Species -- Chapter 11: Human Dimensions of Invasive Alien Species -- Chapter 12: Invasive Species in a Changing World: The Interactions between Global Change and Invasives -- Chapter 13: A Global Strategy on Invasive Alien Species: Synthesis and Ten Strategic Elements -- List of Contributors -- SCOPE Series List -- SCOPE Executive Committee -- Index. |