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A plague of rats and rubbervines : the growing threat of species invasions, Yvonne Baskin
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- Summary
- The human love of novelty and desire to make one place look like another, coupled with massive increases in global trade and transport, are creating a growing economic and ecological threat. The same forces that are rapidly "McDonaldizing" the world's diverse cultures are also driving us toward an era of monotonous, weedy, and uniformly impoverished landscapes. Unique plant and animal communities are slowly succumbing to the world's "rats and rubbervines"--Animals like zebra mussels and feral pigs, and plants like kudzu and water hyacinth--that, once moved into new territory, can disrupt human enterprise and well-being as well as native habitats and biodiversity. From songbird-eating snakes in Guam to cheatgrass in the Great Plains, "invasives" are wreaking havoc around the world. In A plague of rats and rubbervines, Yvonne Baskin draws on extensive research to provide an engaging and authoritative overview of the problem of harmful invasive alien species. She takes the reader on a worldwide tour of grasslands, gardens, waterways, and forests, describing the troubles caused by exotic organisms that run amok in new settings and examining how commerce and travel on an increasingly connected planet are exacerbating this oldest of human-created problems. She offers examples of potential solutions and profiles dedicated individuals worldwide who are working tirelessly to protect the places and creatures they love. While our attention is quick to focus on purposeful attempts to disrupt our lives and economies by releasing harmful biological agents, we often ignore equally serious but much more insidious threats, those that we inadvertently cause by our own seemingly harmless actions. This book takes a compelling look at this underappreciated problem and sets forth positive suggestions for what we, as consumers, can do to help
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 377 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Note
- "A SCOPE--GISP project."
- Contents
-
- 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
- 1.
- 10.
- Taking control
- 11.
- Islands no longer
- 12.
- Can we preserve integrity of place
- Introduction : confronting a shrinking world
- 2.
- Reuniting Pangaea
- 3.
- Wheat and trout, weeds and pestilence
- 4.
- Elbowing out the natives
- Isbn
- 9781559630511
- Label
- A plague of rats and rubbervines : the growing threat of species invasions
- Title
- A plague of rats and rubbervines
- Title remainder
- the growing threat of species invasions
- Statement of responsibility
- Yvonne Baskin
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The human love of novelty and desire to make one place look like another, coupled with massive increases in global trade and transport, are creating a growing economic and ecological threat. The same forces that are rapidly "McDonaldizing" the world's diverse cultures are also driving us toward an era of monotonous, weedy, and uniformly impoverished landscapes. Unique plant and animal communities are slowly succumbing to the world's "rats and rubbervines"--Animals like zebra mussels and feral pigs, and plants like kudzu and water hyacinth--that, once moved into new territory, can disrupt human enterprise and well-being as well as native habitats and biodiversity. From songbird-eating snakes in Guam to cheatgrass in the Great Plains, "invasives" are wreaking havoc around the world. In A plague of rats and rubbervines, Yvonne Baskin draws on extensive research to provide an engaging and authoritative overview of the problem of harmful invasive alien species. She takes the reader on a worldwide tour of grasslands, gardens, waterways, and forests, describing the troubles caused by exotic organisms that run amok in new settings and examining how commerce and travel on an increasingly connected planet are exacerbating this oldest of human-created problems. She offers examples of potential solutions and profiles dedicated individuals worldwide who are working tirelessly to protect the places and creatures they love. While our attention is quick to focus on purposeful attempts to disrupt our lives and economies by releasing harmful biological agents, we often ignore equally serious but much more insidious threats, those that we inadvertently cause by our own seemingly harmless actions. This book takes a compelling look at this underappreciated problem and sets forth positive suggestions for what we, as consumers, can do to help
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Baskin, Yvonne
- Dewey number
- 577/.18
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QH353
- LC item number
- .B28 2002
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- International Council of Scientific Unions
- Global Invasive Species Programme
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Biological invasions
- Nature conservation
- Invasions biologiques
- Nature
- Biological invasions
- Nature conservation
- Invasion <Biologie>
- Naturschutz
- Label
- A plague of rats and rubbervines : the growing threat of species invasions, Yvonne Baskin
- Note
- "A SCOPE--GISP project."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 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
- 1.
- 10.
- Taking control
- 11.
- Islands no longer
- 12.
- Can we preserve integrity of place
- Introduction : confronting a shrinking world
- 2.
- Reuniting Pangaea
- 3.
- Wheat and trout, weeds and pestilence
- 4.
- Elbowing out the natives
- Control code
- ocm49326836
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 377 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781559630511
- Lccn
- 2002004029
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o49326836
- (OCoLC)49326836
- Label
- A plague of rats and rubbervines : the growing threat of species invasions, Yvonne Baskin
- Note
- "A SCOPE--GISP project."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 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
- 1.
- 10.
- Taking control
- 11.
- Islands no longer
- 12.
- Can we preserve integrity of place
- Introduction : confronting a shrinking world
- 2.
- Reuniting Pangaea
- 3.
- Wheat and trout, weeds and pestilence
- 4.
- Elbowing out the natives
- Control code
- ocm49326836
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 377 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781559630511
- Lccn
- 2002004029
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o49326836
- (OCoLC)49326836
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