Species invasions insights into ecology, evolution, and biogeography - Sax, Dov F.; Stachowicz, John J.; Gaines, Steven D. (Sunderland, Mass. Sinauer Associates, 2005)
Insights into biotic interactions from studies of species invasions / John F. Bruno ... [et al.] -- Species invasions and the relationships between species diversity, community saturation, and ecosystem functioning / John J. Stachowicz and David Tilman -- Plant species effects on ecosystem processes : insights from invasive species / Carla M. D'Antonio and Sarah E. Hobbie -- Biological invasions and the loss of birds on islands : insights into the idiosyncrasies of extinction / Tim M. Blackburn and Kevin J. Gaston -- The role of infectious diseases in natural communities : what introduced species tell us / Kevin D. Lafferty ... [et al.] -- Using invasive species to study evolution : case studies with drosophila and salmon / Raymond B. Huey, George W. Gilchrist, and Andrew P. Hendry -- Taxon cycles : insights from invasive species / Robert E. Ricklefs -- Genetic bottlenecks in alien plant species : influence of mating systems and introduction dynamics / Stephen J. Novak and Richard N. Mack -- Mechanisms that drive evolutionary change : insights from species introductions and invasions / John P. Wares, A. Randall Hughes, and Richard K. Grosberg -- Theories of niche conservatism and evolution : could exotic species be potential tests? / Robert D. Holt, Michael Barfield, and Richard Gomulkiewicz -- Testing fundamental evolutionary questions at large spatial and demographic scales : species invasions as an underappreciated tool / William R. Rice and Dov F. Sax -- Invasion as expectation : a historical fact of life / Geerat J. Vermeij -- Evolutionary trajectories in plant and soil microbial communities : centaurea invasions and the geographic mosaic of coevolution / Ragan M. Callaway, Josââe L. Hierro, and Andrea S. Thorpe -- Community composition and homogenization : evenness and abundance of native and exotic plant species / Michael L. McKinney and Julie L. Lockwood -- Rates of population spread and geographic range expansion : what exotic species tell us / Brian P. Kinlan and Alan Hastings -- Distribution and abundance : scaling patterns in exotic and native bird species / Fabio A. Labra, Sebastiâan R. Abades, and Pablo A. Marquet -- The dynamics of species invasions : insights into the mechanisms that limit species diversity / Dov F. Sax ... [et al.] -- Where do we go from here? / Dov F. Sax, John J. Stachowicz, and Steven D. Gaines.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 478-480) and index.
Keywords: Biological invasions -- Congresses; Ecology -- Congresses; Evolution (Biology) -- Congresses; Biogeography -- Congresses