Title A plague of rats and rubbervines : the growing threat of species invasions / Yvonne Baskin.

Publication Info.	Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, [2002]
	©2002

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	QH353 .B28 2002	Available	---

Description	viii, 377 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note	"A SCOPE--GISP project."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	1. Introduction : confronting a shrinking world -- 2. Reuniting Pangaea -- 3. Wheat and trout, weeds and pestilence -- 4. Elbowing out the natives -- 5. The good, the bad, the fuzzy -- 6. The making of a pest -- 7. Taking risks with strangers -- 8. Stemming the tide -- 9. Beachheads and sleepers -- 10. Taking control -- 11. Islands no longer -- 12. Can we preserve integrity of place.
Subject	Biological invasions.
	Biological invasions.
	Nature conservation.
	Nature conservation.
Added Author	International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.
	Global Invasive Species Programme.
ISBN	1559638761 cloth alkaline paper