| Edition |
[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (19 entries) : 60 images ; digital files. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
CABI invasives series ; 8
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CABI invasive series ; 8.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Contributors -- Foreword / Fang-Hao Wan -- Preface / Carol A. Ellison, K.V. Sankaran and Sean T. Murphy -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Invasive alien plants as a constraint to development in tropical Asia: is there a crisis in the making? / Sean T. Murphy -- 2. Profile of an invasive plant: Mikania micrantha / Carol A. Ellison and K.V. Sankaran -- 3. Social and economic implications of Mikania micrantha in the Kerala Western Ghats / V. Anitha, K.V. Santheep and Jyotsna Krishnakumar -- 4. Impacts and management options for Mikania micrantha in plantations / K.V. Sankaran, Soekisman Tjitrosemito and Soetikno S. Sastroutomo -- 5. Mikania micrantha: its status and impact on people and wildlife in Nepal / Hem Sagar Baral and Bhaskar Adhikari -- 6. Impact and management of invasive alien plants in Pacific island communities / Warea Orapa -- 7. Understanding the impact of invasive Mikania micrantha in shifting agriculture and its management through traditional ecological knowledge / P.S. Ramakrishnan -- 8. Prevention and related measures for invasive alien plants in India: policy framework and other initiatives / Ravi Khetarpal, Kavita Gupta, Usha Dev and Kavya Dashora -- 9. Control options for invasive alien plants in agroforestry in the Asia-Pacific region / K.V. Sankaran -- 10. Classical biological control of Mikania micrantha: the sustainable solution / Carol A. Ellison and Matthew J.W. Cock -- |
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11. Policy frameworks for the implementation of a classical biological control strategy: the Chinese experience / Jianqing Ding -- 12. Policy frameworks for the implementation of a classical biological control strategy: the Indian experience / R.J. Rabindra, P. Sreerama Kumar and Abraham Verghese. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
This book, for the first time, brings together a wide range of invasive plant specialists from the Asia-Pacific region to share their experience in addressing the problem and delivering solutions. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Local Note |
Credo Reference General Reference |
| Subject |
Invasive plants -- Biological control -- Case studies.
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Invasive plants -- Biological control. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Introduced organisms -- Case studies.
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Introduced organisms. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Ellison, Carol A., editor.
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Sankaran, K. V., editor.
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Murphy, Sean T., editor.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1780646275 9781780646275 (DLC) 2017024619 xii, 232 pages : illustrations |
| ISBN |
9781787857834 electronic version |
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9781780646275 hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781786391353 ePDF |
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178639135X ePDF |
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9781786391346 ePub |
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1786391341 ePub |
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