Table of Contents
Volume One List of Contributors xi
1 Invasive Alien Species: A Prodigious Global Threat in the Anthropocene 1Michael R. Ielmini and K.V. Sankaran
2 Reproductive Traits That Foster the Invasion of Four Alien Plant Species in Botswana 80Demel Teketay, Thabo Mafote, Kamogelo K. Puodipe, Pauline B. Mompati, Neo Nkoborwane, Thembinkosi Mathowa, and Witness Mojeremane
3 The Worst Invasive Species to Egypt 112Wafaa M. Amer
4 Status, Trends, and Scenarios of Invasive Alien Species in Gabon 139Jean Bruno Mikissa, Aurelie Flore Koumba Pambo, Emmanuel Bayani Ngoyi, Kathryn J. Jeffery, Lee White, and Katharine Abernethy
5 Invasive Alien Species (IAS) of Ghana 145Michael Kwabena Osei, Kofi Frimpong-Anin, Joseph Adjebeng-Danquah, Benedicta Nsiah Frimpong, and Joseph Adomako
6 Invasive Alien Species in Libya 173Mohammed H. Mahklouf and Esmail A. Shakman
7 Elements for Reflection on Primary Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in Morocco: Actual and Potential Impacts 196Mohamed Menioui
8 Invasive Alien Species of Sierra Leone 242Prince E. Norman, Jonathan Johnny, Sheku K. Moiforay, and Yvonne S.G.E. Norman
9 Alien Invasive Species in Tanzania 263John K. Bukombe, Ally K. Nkwabi, Lazaro J. Mangewa, Emmanuel A. Sweke, Pius Y. Kavana, Steven D. Liseki, and Hamza H. Kija
10 Invasive Alien Species in Togo (West Africa) 291Kouami Kokou, Komlan Mawuli Afiademanyo, and Lakpo Koku Agboyi
11 Invasive Alien Species in Zambia 313Stanford Mudenda Siachoono, Stephen Syampungani, and Jhonnah Mundike
12 Invasive Alien Species in Zimbabwe (Southern Africa) 330Claid Mujaju, Nhamo Mudada, and Godfrey Pasurai Chikwenhere
Volume Two
List of Contributors xii
1 Invasive Alien Species of Bangladesh 1Sharif A. Mukul, Mohammed Abu Sayed Arfin-Khan, and Mohammad Belal Uddin
2 An Annotated Inventory of Invasive Alien Flora of India 16Anzar A. Khuroo, Rameez Ahmad, Maroof Hamid, Zubair A. Rather, Akhtar H. Malik, and Irfan Rashid
3 Bio-invasion of Aquatic Invasive Species in India 38Ramakrishna
4 Invasive Alien Plant Species Management in Indonesia 73Titiek Setyawati, Sunardi, and Sukisman Tjitrosoedirdjo
5 Invasive Alien Species of Iran 103Mohammad Mehdi Dehshiri
6 Invasive Alien Species in Iraq 126Saman A. Ahmad, Nariman S. Ahmad, and Sarbagh Salih
7 Invasive Alien Species in Malaysia 151Ibrahim Faridah-Hanum and Abdul Latiff
8 Invasions of Alien Plant Species in Nepal: Patterns and Process 168Bharat Babu Shrestha and Krishna Kumar Shrestha
9 Invasive Alien Species of Oman 184Annette Patzelt and Darach A. Lupton
10 Impact Assessment and Management of Invasive Species in Plant Diversity Centers and Agriculture Fields of Saudi Arabia 207Ahmed H. Alfarhan, Jacob Thomas, and R. Rajakrishnan
11 Status and Management of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in Vietnam 226Mai Dinh Yen
12 Parthenium hysterophorus in Global Perspectives, with Special Reference to Sri Lanka 244A.H. Magdon Jayasuriya
13 Biosecurity Plan for Invasive Ants in the Pacific Region 275Casper Vanderwoude, Souad Boudjelas, Monica Gruber, Benjamin Hoffmann, David Oi, and Sanford Porter
Index 289
Volume Three
List of Contributors xiii
1 Invasive Alien Species in Scandinavia 1Kjetil Bevanger
2 Invasive Alien Species in the Balkan Peninsula 42Biljana Panjkovic, Milica Rat, Sara Mihajlovic, Laszlo Galambos, Alen Kis, Slobodan Puzovic, Bojana Nadazin, Jelena Seat, Filip Vukajlovic, Ivan Tot, and Marko Dapic
3 Invasive Alien Species of Georgia 88Guram Aleksidze, Givi Japaridze, Giorgi Kavtaradze, and Shalva Barjadze
4 Invasive Alien Species of Greece 124E. Korakaki, A. Legakis, S. Katsanevakis, P.P. Koulelis, E.V. Avramidou, N. Soulioti, and P.V. Petrakis
5 Invasive Aliens in Italy: Enumeration, History, Biology and Their Impact 190Gianniantonio Domina
6 Invasive Alien Plant Species in Global Perspectives with Special References to Bosnia and Herzegovina 215S. Barudanovic, E. Zecic, A. Macanovic, B. Durakovic, and E. Masic
7 Status and Management of Invasive Alien Species in Switzerland 253Lea Amacher, Gabriella Silvestri, and Gian-Reto Walther
8 Eucalyptus in South Europe: Searching for the Promised Land Introduction and Dissemination of Eucalyptus in Southwestern Europe 278Francisco Javier Silva-Pando
Index 317
Volume Four
List of Contributors xiv
1 Advances in the Knowledge and Study of Invasive Alien Species in Bolivia 1Wendy L. Tejeda, Adriana Rico-Cernohorska, Stephan G. Beck, Alfredo F. Fuentes, Robert B. Wallace, Guido Miranda-Chumacero, Luis F. Aguirre, and Maria del Pilar Fernandez Murillo
2 Distribution of Invasive Alien Species in Brazilian Ecoregions and Protected Areas 24Michele de Sá Dechoum, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Silvia de Melo Futada, and Sílvia Renate Ziller
3 Botanical Gardens and the Global Challenge of Invasive Species 43David Allan Galbraith and Nadia Cavallin
4 Invasive Plants of Costa Rica Current Status and Research Opportunities 57Gerardo Avalos, Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal, and Luis Guillermo Artavia-Rodríguez
5 Invasive Alien Species in Mexico 77Patricia Koleff, Roberto Mendoza Alfaro, Jordan Golubov, Ana Isabel González-Martínez, Yolanda Barrios-Caballero, Silvia De Jesús De Jesús, Zenia Patricia Ruiz-Utrilla, Federico Méndez-Sánchez, Mariam Latofski-Robles, María del Mar Garciadiego-San Juan, and Ana Esperanza Marichal-González
6 Invasive Species in Mexican Marine Ecosystems 93Jesús Ángel de León-González, José Rolando Bastida-Zavala, Roberto Mendoza-Alfaro, and Sergio Luna
7 Invasive Species in Mexican Continental Aquatic Ecosystems 119Roberto Mendoza Alfaro, Sergio Luna, and Carlos Aguilera
8 Invasion Potential of Mexican Terrestrial Ecosystems 143Julieta Salomé Díaz, Jordan Golubov, Sarah Sifuentes de la Torre, Cristina M. Ramirez-Gutierrez, and María del Carmen Mandujano
9 The Implementation of the Mexican Strategy on Invasive Species: How Far Have We Come? 153Georgia Born-Schmidt, Jordi Parpal Servole, Viviana Reyes-Gómez, Eduardo Rendón Hernández, Erika Alarcón Chavira, and Sayra Rosio Espindola Barrientos
10 Invasive Plant Management and Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation: A Review and Status Report 165Michael R. Ielmini, Todd E. Hopkins, Kenneth E. Mayer, Kim Goodwin, Chad Boyd, Brian Mealor, Mike Pellant, and Tom Christiansen
11 Invasive Alien Biota of Venezuela 212José Ramón Grande Allende
12 Invasion of Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris L.) and Its Effect on Wildlife in Temperate Forests from La Malinche National Park (LMNP), in Central Mexico 257Arturo Estrada Torres and Iván R. Bravo
13 Biosecurity in a Global Invasion Hotspot: Hawai'i as a Model for Interagency Biosecurity Planning 270Chelsea Arnott, Josh Atwood, Randal Bartlett, Kevin Hoffman, Leyla Kaufman, Julie Kuo, Michael Melzer, Rachel Neville, Teya Penniman, David Rodriguez, and Lincoln Wells
14 Evaluating Protection Strategies for an Invasive Plant Species: Miconia calvescens 285David Lewis, Christopher A. Wada, Kimberly M. Burnett, James Leary, and Brooke Mahnken
15 Weed Wrangle, a Functional Model for Teaching the Negative Impacts of Non-native Invasive Species 303Elizabeth Lamar, Cayce McAlister, and Steve Manning
16 The Life Cycle of Invasive Alien Species Occurrence Data: Mapping, Sharing, and Reuse 308Rebekah D. Wallace, Charles T. Bargeron, Joseph H. LaForest, and Rachel L. Carroll
17 Citizen Scientists' Role in Invasive Alien Species Mapping and Management 325Rebekah D. Wallace, Charles T. Bargeron, Joseph H. LaForest, and Rachel L. Carroll
18 Effective Collaboration to Prevent and Manage Invasive Pests: Lessons Learned from the Pacific Northwest (United States) 339R. Jalene Littlejohn and J. Michelle Delepine
19 Chemical War Between Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) and Rasberry Crazy Ants (Nylanderia fulva) 353Shiyou Li, Wei Yuan, Ping Wang, Zushang Su, David L. Kulhavy, Fuqiang Zhao, and Steven H. Bullard
Index 369