Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface xi
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. PART I People Move Species Around and Eventually Recognize Some Impacts
6. 2 The Early Shuffling of the Biosphere 13
7. 3 Early Recognition of the Extent of Invasions and Increasing Concern with Their Impacts 26
8. 4 Mid-Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Invasions: Scientists Engage in Management 41
9. 5 Late 18005 to Early 19005 The Trickle Becomes a Flood 62
10. 6 Mid-Nineteenth- to Mid-Twentieth-Century Research, Often Forgotten, and Warnings, Largely Ignored 99
11. 7 Mid-Twentieth Century: A False Start, and the Lead-Up to Modern Invasion Science 126
12. 8 Geographers Study Invasions: A Largely Separate Endeavor 147
13. 9 The SCOPE Project Jump-Starts Modern Invasion Science 169
14. 10 Invasions Invade the Scientific and Popular Literature 180
15. PART II A Rapidly Growing Science Expands and Evolves
16. 11 Invasion Science Embraces Evolution and Genetics 225
17. 12 Impacts, from Populations and Communities to Ecosystems 249
18. 13 Invasion Science Catches Two Ecology Waves 265
19. 14 How Will Climate Change Affect Biological Invasions and Their Management 287
20. 15 Hypotheses Explaining Biological Invasions Proliferate 321
21. 16 Measuring, Ranking, and Predicting Invasion Impacts 350
22. 17 Management of Biological Invasions 365
23. 18 Controversies Abound 389
24. 19 The Near Future of Invasion Science 432
25. Notes 451
26. Bibliography 563
27. Species Index 703
28. Subject Index 721