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Use the Request
Form to request books by call number and title. Also, take
a look at selected Web sites
for additional information.
| Call No. |
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| 280973 |
D'Itri,
Frank M. Zebra Mussels and Aquatic Nuisance Species.
Chelsea, Mich.: Ann Arbor Press, 1997.
Comprehensive
coverage on exotic species including ideas and methods for
their control and elimination. |
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| 281007 |
Cox,
George W. Alien Species in North America and Hawaii: Impacts
on Natural Ecosystems. Washington, D.C.: Island Press,
1999.
Full
treatment of the invasive species problem including management
and policy issues. |
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| 281009 VIDEO |
Mussel
Menace...Zebra Mussels and You. St. Paul: Minnesota Extension
Service, University of Minnesota College of Natural Resources,
Minnesota Sea Grant Extension, 1993.
Minnesota Sea
Grant videotape covers the problems caused by zebra mussels
and how to prevent their spread. |
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| 281025 |
Mooney,
Harold A. and others. Invasive Species in a Changing World.
Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2000.
Leading
scientists examine the invasive species phenomenon focusing
on global change and how it will exacerbate the problem.
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| 281039 |
Van
Driesche, Jason and Roy Van Driesche. Nature Out of Place:
Biological Invasions in the Global Age. Washington, D.C.:
Island Press, 2000.
Father
and son team produced this well-written and fascinating exploration
of biological invasions and what can be done about them. |
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| 281184 |
Baskin,
Yvonne and others. A Plague of Rats and Rubbervines: The
Growing Threat of Species Invasions. Washington, D.C.:
Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2002.
A
widely published science writer takes the reader on a world-wide
tour of grasslands, gardens, waterways, and forests to provide
an overview of the problem of invasive species. |
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| 281205 |
Bright,
Chris. Life Out of Bounds: Bioinvasion in a Borderless
World. Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series. New York:
W.W. Norton, 1998.
The
author maintains "the current rates of invasion are no
more sustainable . . . than are current rates of deforestation
or greenhouse gas emissions," but he insists we already
have the know-how and tools to resist or undo bioinvasions.
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| 281208 |
Devine,
Bob and U.S. National Geographic Society. Alien Invasion:
America's Battle With Non-Native Animals and Plants. Washington,
D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1998.
Nontechnical introduction
to the problem of nonindigenous species in the United States. |
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| 281209 |
Todd,
Kim. Tinkering With Eden: A Natural History of Exotics
in America. New York: W.W. Norton, 2001.
Absorbing
stories of some of the 4000 exotic birds, insects, fish, mammals
and other creatures that live in America. |
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281409
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Burdick, Alan. Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion. 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
The author tours the front lines of ecological invasion--in Hawaii, Tasmania, Guam, San Francisco--in the company of world-class scientists. Wry and reflective, animated and richly reported, Out of Eden is a search both for scientific answers and for ecological authenticity. |
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| 290246 |
Czarapata, Elizabeth J. Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest: An Illustrated Guide to Their Identification and Control. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005.
Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest is an informative, colorful, comprehensive guide to invasive species of plants that are currently endangering native habitats in the region.
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