Contributors .................................................. vii
Foreword ....................................................... xi
Introduction ................................................. xiii
PART 1 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ................................. 1
1 A world of thought: 'The Ecology of Invasions by Animals
and Plants' and Charles Hlton's life's work .................. 3
ROGER L. KITCHING
2 Charles Klton: neither founder nor siren, but prophet ....... 11
DANIEL SIMBERLOFF
3 The inviolate sea? Charles Klton and biological invasions
in the world's oceans ....................................... 25
JAMES T. CARLTON
4 The rise and fall of biotic nativeness: a historical
perspective ................................................. 35
MATTHEW K. CHEW AND ANDREW L. HAMILTON
PART 2 EVOLUTION AND CURRENT DIMENSIONS OF INVASION ECOLOGY ... 49
5 Patterns and rate of growth of studies in invasion
ecology ..................................................... 51
HUGH J. MACISAAC. RAHEL A. TEDLA AND ANTHONY RICCIARDI
6 Invasion ecology and restoration ecology: parallel
evolution in two fields of endeavour ........................ 61
RICHARD J. HOBBS AND DAVID M. RICHARDSON
PART 3 NEW TAKES ON INVASION PATTERNS ......................... 71
7 biological invasions in Europe 50 years after
Elton: time to sound the ALARM .............................. 73
PETR PYŠEK AND PHILIP E. HULME
8 Fifty years of tree pest and pathogen invasions,
increasingly threatening world forests ...................... 89
MICHAEL J. W1NGFIELD. BERNARD SLIPPERS, JOLANDA ROUX AND
BRENDA D. WINGFIELD
PART 4 THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF INVASION ECOLOGY ................ 101
9 A movement ecology approach to study seed dispersal
and plant invasion: an overview and application of
seed dispersal by fruit bats ............................... 103
ASAF TSOAR, DAVID SHOHAMI AND RAN NATHAN
10 Biodiversity as a bulwark against invasion: conceptual
threads since Elton ........................................ 121
JASON D. FRIDLEY
11 Soil biota and plant invasions: biogeographical effects
on plant-microbe interactions .............................. 131
RAGAN M. CALLAWAY AND MARNIE E. ROUT
12 Mutualisms: key drivers of invasions key casualties
of invasions ............................................... 143
ANNA TRAVESET AND DAVID M. RICHARDSON
13 Fifty years on: confronting Elton's hypotheses about
invasion success with data from exotic birds ............... 161
TIM M. BLACKBURN, JULIE L. LOCKWOOD AND PHILLIP CASSEY
14 Is rapid adaptive evolution important in successful
invasions? ................................................. 175
ELEANOR E. DORMONTT, ANDREW J. LOWE AND PETER J. PRENTIS
15 Why reproductive systems matter for the invasion biology
of plants .................................................. 195
SPENCER C.H. BARRETT
16 Impacts of biological invasions on freshwater ecosystems ... 211
ANTHONY RICCIARDI AND HUGH J. MACISAAC
17 Expanding the propagule pressure concept to understand
the impact of biological invasions ......................... 225
ANTHONY RICCIARDI, LISA A. JONES, ÅSA M. KESTRUP AND
JESSICA M. WARD
PART 5 POSTER-CHILD INVADERS, THEN AND NOW ................... 237
18 Elton's insights into the ecology of ant invasions:
lessons learned and lessons still to be learned ............ 239
NATHAN J. SANDERS AND ANDREW V. SUAREZ
19 Fifty years of 'Waging war on cheatgrass': research
advances, while meaningful control languishes .............. 253
RICHARD N. MACK
PART 6 NEW DIRECTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES, NEW CHALLENGES ........ 267
20 Researching invasive species 50 years after Elton:
a cautionary tale .......................................... 269
MARK A. DAVIS
21 Invasions and ecosystems: vulnerabilities and the
contribution of new technologies ........................... 277
PETER M. VITOUSEK, CARLA M. D'ANTONIO AND GREGORY
P. ASNER
22 DNA barcoding of invasive species .......................... 289
HUGH B. CROSS, ANDREW J. LOWE, С. FREDERICO, D. GURGEL
23 Biosecurity: the changing face of invasion biology ......... 301
PHILIP E. HULME
24 Elton and the economics of biological invasions ............ 315
CHARLES PERRINGS
25 Modelling spread in invasion ecology: a synthesis .......... 329
CANG HUI, RAINER M. KRUG AND DAVID M. RICHARDSON
26 Responses of invasive species to a changing climate
and atmosphere ............................................. 345
JEFFREY S. DUKES
27 Conceptual clarity, scientific rigour and 'The Stories We
Are': engaging with two challenges to the objectivity of
invasion biology ........................................... 359
JOHAN HATTINGH
28 Changing perspectives on managing biological invasions:
insights from South Africa and the Working for Water
programme .................................................. 377
BRIAN W. VAN WILGEN, AHMED KHAN AND CHRISTO MARAIS
PART 7 CONCLUSIONS ........................................... 395
29 Invasion science: the roads travelled and the roads
ahead ...................................................... 397
DAVID M. RICHARDSON
30 A compendium of essential concepts and terminology in
invasion ecology ........................................... 409
DAVID M. RICHARDSON, PETR PYŠEK AND JAMES T. CARLTON
Taxonomic Index ................................................ 421
General Index .................................................. 425
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