edited by Daniel Simberloff, Donald C. Schmitz and Tom C. Brown
contributions by Earl McCoy, James Layne, Brian Nelson, Tony Richards, Gary Warren, Craig Guyer, Robert Doren, Brian Butterfield, Ronald Hofstetter, Carol Horvitz, Walter Meshaka, David Sutton, David Jones, George O'Meara, J. H. Frank, H. Glenn Hall, Kevin Thomas, Doria Gordon, William Haller, Mark Glisson, Thomas Quinn, James Cox, H. Hugh Boyter, Jeffrey Schardt, Walter Tschinkel, Mary Ruckelshaus, Frances James, David Girardin, Randy Westbrooks, Deborah Jenson, Roy Lewis, Ted Center, James Carlton, F. Allen Dray, Amy Ferriter, Dan Thayer and Walter Courtenay
foreword by Edward O. Wilson
Island Press, 1997
eISBN: 978-1-59726-331-3 | Cloth: 978-1-55963-429-8 | Paper: 978-1-55963-430-4
Library of Congress Classification SB990.5.U6S88 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.78

ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Invasive nonindigenous species -- plants and animals that have been introduced to an ecosystem from someplace else -- are wreaking havoc around the globe. Because they did not co-evolve with species already in the ecosystem, they can profoundly disturb species interactions and ecosystem function.The state of Florida has one of the most severe exotic species problems in the country; as much as a quarter of many taxa in Florida are nonnative, and millions of acres of land and water are dominated by nonindigenous species. Strangers in Paradise provides an in-depth examination of the Florida experience and of the ongoing efforts to eradicate or manage introduced species. Chapters consider: natural disturbance and the spread of nonindigenous species case studies of insects, freshwater invertebrates, fishes, amphibians and reptiles, birds, marine invertebrates and algae, and mammals methods of managing nonindigenous species including ecological restoration, eradication, "maintenance control," and biological control management on public lands the regulatory framework including the role of the federal government as well as state authorities and responsibilities Strangers in Paradise is the first comprehensive volume to address a large, diverse region and the full range of nonindigenous species, the problems they cause, and the methods and impediments to dealing with them. Throughout, contributors emphasize solutions and relate the situation in Florida to problems faced by other states, making the book an important guide for anyone involved with control and management of invasive species.

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