Invasive Species

Invasive Species

Invasive Species

Invasive Species

Paperback(2nd ed.)

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Overview

Zebra mussels, purple loosestrife, and killer bees; invasive species are infiltrating our water, land, and skies, disrupting our delicate ecosystems. This book examines ways these invaders harm, or help, the environment, and what to do about them.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780737773873
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date: 12/31/2015
Series: At Issue Series
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range: 16 - 18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 Invasive Species Do Not Always Harm the Environment Cord Riechelmann 10

2 Eradicating Invasive Species May Be Ecologically Harmful Katrina Voss 14

3 Eating Invasive Species Can Help Reduce Their Impact Nancy Matsumoto 18

4 Eating Invasives Will Not Reduce Their Impact Matt Miller 29

5 Invasive Species Threaten Global Biodiversity Roser Toll 33

6 Pushed by Climate Change, Fish Invasion of the Arctic Bodes Well for Fishermen Brittany Patterson 37

7 Bio-Control Is Environmentally Dangerous Death of a Million Trees 42

8 Most Dangerous Invasive Species Include Pigs, Mussels, and Bees Faine Greenwood 47

9 Wild Horse Population in the United States Is Invasive and Disruptive National Horse and Burro Rangeland Management Coalition At Issue 53

10 Mustangs-Return of the Native or Invasive Species? Kerry Kelly 63

11 Sterile Invasive Plants Can Help Protect the Environment Colin Poitras 67

12 Sterile Invasive Plants Won't Protect the Environment Ellen Sousa 72

Organizations to Contact 77

Bibliography 81

Index 86

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