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Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- 1 The Allocation of Inspection Resources -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Conceptual Framework -- 1.3 The IRIS Algorithm -- 1.3.1 Bayes-IRIS -- 1.3.2 Bayes-IRIS with Imperfect Inspections -- 1.4 The CSP Algorithm -- 1.4.1 Combining IRIS and CSP -- 1.5 Aggregation of Pathways -- 1.5.1 Simulation Experiment -- 1.5.2 Results -- 1.6 Acknowledgements -- References -- 2 Tools for Designing and Evaluating Post-Border Surveillance Systems -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Tools for Surveillance of a Single Species -- 2.2.1 Surveillance for Market Access -- 2.2.2 Surveillance for Early Detection -- Identifying Where to Look -- Identifying How to Look -- Identifying How Hard to Look -- 2.2.3 Surveillance for Delimitation -- Where to Look -- How to Look -- How to Achieve Delimitation -- 2.2.4 Surveillance for Monitoring -- 2.3 Estimating Detection Probability -- 2.3.1 Controlled Experiments for Measuring Detectability -- 2.3.2 Empirical Approaches to Estimating Detection Probabilities -- 2.4 Decision Making -- 2.4.1 Short-term Decision Making -- 2.4.2 Long-term Decision Making -- 2.5 Discussion -- 2.6 Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 Control Charts for Biosecurity Monitoring and Surveillance -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 SPC -- SPC and Biosecurity -- Control Charting Basics - The Shewhart Chart -- Process Smoothing -- Time-weighted Charts -- 3.1.2 Time between Events -- 3.1.3 Control Chart for Time-between-Events -- 3.2 Bayesian Control Charting -- 3.2.1 Bayesian Statistics - Basic Concepts -- 3.3 A Bayesian Control Chart for Biosurveillance -- 3.3.1 Mathematical Detail -- 3.3.2 Updating the Prior -- 3.3.3 Predictive Distributions for . and . -- 3.3.4 Adaptive Control Limits -- 3.4 Example - An Adaptive Control Chart for Shipping Container Inspections.

Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Useful links & legal stuff -- What are invasive non-native species? -- How to use this book -- American skunk cabbage -- Himalayan balsam -- Giant hogweed -- Japanese knotweed -- Pontic rhododendron -- Ragweed -- Spanish bluebell -- Tree-of-heaven -- Asian hornet -- Asian tiger mosquito -- Asian & Citrus longhorn beetles -- Harlequin ladybird -- New Zealand flatworm -- Oak processionary moth -- Red lily beetle -- Spanish slug -- American mink -- Brown rat -- Canada goose -- Grey squirrel -- Muntjac deer -- Rabbit -- Ring-necked & Monk parakeets -- Sika deer -- Australian swamp stonecrop (New Zealand pigmyweed) -- Curly-leaved waterweed -- Floating pennywort -- Parrot's feather -- Water fern -- Water primrose -- American bullfrog -- American signal crayfish -- Bloody-red mysid -- Carpet sea squirt -- Chinese mitten crab -- Freshwater shrimp -- Ponto-Caspian shrimp -- Quagga mussel -- Zebra mussel -- Invasive parasites & pathogens -- Volunteering: how can I help? -- Health & safety -- Check-Clean-Dry advice -- Be Plant Wise & Be Pet Wise -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Also published by Merlin Unwin Books -- Copyright.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Plant and Insect Immigrants -- 1. San José Scale: Contested Origins at the Turn of the Century -- 2. Early Yellow Peril vs. Western Menace: Chestnut Blight, Citrus Canker, and PQN 37 -- 3. Liable Insects at the US-Mexico Border -- 4. Contagious Yellow Peril: Diseased Bodies and the Threat of Little Brown Men -- 5. Pestilence in Paradise: Invasives in Hawai'i -- 6. Japanese Beetle Menace: Discovery of the Beetle -- 7. Infiltrating Perils: A Race against Ownership, Contamination, and Miscegenation -- 8. Yellow Peril No More? National and Naturalized Enemies during World War II -- Conclusion: Toward a Multi(horti)cultural Global Society -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Research from a humanist perspective has much to offer in interrogating the social and cultural ramifications of invasion ecologies. The impossibility of securing national boundaries against accidental transfer and the unpredictable climatic changes of our time have introduced new dimensions and hazards to this old issue. Written by a team of international scholars, this book allows us to rethink the impact on national, regional or local ecologies of the deliberate or accidental introduction of foreign species, plant and animal. Modern environmental approaches that treat nature with naïve realism or mobilize it as a moral absolute, unaware or unwilling to accept that it is informed by specific cultural and temporal values, are doomed to fail. Instead, this book shows that we need to understand the complex interactions of ecologies and societies in the past, present and future over the Anthropocene, in order to address problems of the global environmental crisis. It demonstrates how humanistic methods and disciplines can be used to bring fresh clarity and perspective on this long vexed aspect of environmental thought and practice. Students and researchers in environmental studies, invasion ecology, conservation biology, environmental ethics, environmental history and environmental policy will welcome this major contribution to environmental humanities.

Front Cover -- Networks of Invasion: A Synthesis of Concepts -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter One: Impacts of Invasive Species on Food Webs: A Review of Empirical Data -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Definitions and Limits -- 2.1. Invasive Species: An ``Anthropocentric Concept´´ -- 2.2. Measuring Impacts on Food Webs: Objects of Study and Methodology -- 3. Local Effects: Effect of Invaders at One or Two Steps of Distance -- 3.1. Top-Down Effects -- 3.1.1. Invasive Predators May Have Large Impacts on Resident Species -- 3.1.2. Ecological and Evolutionary Naïveté Exacerbate the Impact of Invasive Predators -- 3.1.3. Top-Down Effect of Invasions May Result in Trophic Cascades -- 3.2. Lateral Effects of Invaders: Exploitative Competition -- 3.2.1. Exploitative Competition is Expressed as a Two-Step Path in a Food Web -- 3.2.2. Extinctions by Competition Between Introduced and Native Species Are Relatively Rare -- 3.2.3. Asymmetry in Competition Impacts, Lack of Coevolutionary History, and Invasion Filter -- 3.2.4. Exploitative Competition May Be Mixed With Other Interactions -- 3.2.5. The Case of Invasive Fruit Flies Illustrates Asymmetric Competitive Interactions Between Invaders and Residents -- 3.3. Bottom-Up Effects of Invaders -- 3.3.1. Invaders Provide Direct Benefits but Indirect Costs to Local Predators -- 3.3.2. Coevolutionary History and Invasion Filter Underlie Enemy Release -- 3.4. Apparent Competition Between Invaders and Residents -- 3.5. Facilitation, Mutualisms, and Engineering: Nontrophic Indirect Interactions -- 4. Global Effects: Invasions at Food Web Scale -- 4.1. Food Web Structure as a Biotic Filter -- 4.1.1. Species Diversity Might Increase Food Web Resistance to Invasion -- 4.1.2. Effects of Food Web Structure on Invasion: Beyond Diversity.

The asp Leuciscus aspius (L.), a large piscivorous cyprinid fish, is reported for the first time in the Iberian Peninsula. Five individuals were captured in July 2017 and many other were observed in the Darnius-Boadella Reservoir (Muga river basin, NE Spain). Our observations suggest that the asp has established in the reservoir, representing a potential threat to the native species of the Muga River. As it has been the case with several other alien fish species, the asp is likely to be illegally spread to other Iberian river basins if current management measures do not change ; Se cita por primera vez en la Península Ibérica el aspio Leuciscus aspius (L.), un ciprínido piscívoro de gran tamaño. Seis individuos fueron capturados en julio de 2017 y muchos otros fueron observados en el embalse de Darnius-Boadella (cuenca del río Muga, NE España). Nuestras observaciones sugieren que el aspio se ha establecido en el embalse, representando una potencial amenaza para las especies nativas del río Muga. Como ha sucedido con otras especies exóticas de peces, es probable que el aspio sea introducido ilegalmente en otras cuencas ibéricas si no cambian las medidas de gestión actuales ; This research was financially supported by the Catalan Water Agency, the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (projects: ODYSSEUS, BiodivERsA3-2015-26, PCIN-2016-168; CGL2015-69311-REDT; and CGL2016-80820-R), and the Government of Catalonia (ref. 2014 SGR 484 and 2017 SGR 548).

10 Using audience segmentation and targeted social marketing to improve landholder management of invasive animalsAudience segmentation: definition and purpose; History of social marketing; Applications of segmentation to improve NRM in Australia; Conceptual issues, complications and controversies; Methodological issues and guidance for practitioners; Naming and interpreting segmentation solutions; Tailoring and targeting messages; Conclusions; References; 11 Understanding and managing mass media effects on public perceptions of science issues such as invasive species management

There is no sign of saturation in accumulation of alien species (AS) introductions worldwide, additionally the rate of spread for some species has also been shown to be increasing. However, the challenges of gathering information on AS are recognized. Recent developments in citizen science (CS) provide an opportunity to improve data flow and knowledge on AS while ensuring effective and high quality societal engagement with the issue of IAS (Invasive Alien Species). Advances in technology, particularly on-line recording and smartphone apps, along with the development of social media, have revolutionized CS and increased connectivity while new and innovative analysis techniques are emerging to ensure appropriate management, visualization, interpretation and use and sharing of the data. In early July 2018 we launched a European CO-operation in Science and Technology (COST) Action to address multidisciplinary research questions in relation to developing and implementing CS, advancing scientific understanding of AS dynamics while informing decision-making specifically implementation of technical requirements of relevant legislation such as the EU Regulation 1143/2014 on IAS. It will also support the EU biodiversity goals and embedding science within society. The Action will explore and document approaches to establishing a European-wide CS AS network. It will embrace relevant innovations for data gathering and reporting to support the implementation of monitoring and surveillance measures, while ensuring benefits for society and citizens, through an AS CS European network. The Action will, therefore, increase levels of participation and quality of engagement with current CS initiatives, ensuring and evaluating educational value, and improve the value outcomes for potential users including citizens, scientists, alien species managers, policy-makers, local authorities, industry and other stakeholders. ; peer-reviewed

"Humans have moved organisms around the world for centuries, but it is only relatively recently that invasion ecology has grown into a mainstream research field. This book examines both the spread and impact dynamics of invasive species, placing the science of invasion biology on a new, more rigorous, theoretical footing. Furthermore, it proposes a concept of adaptive networks as the foundation for future research. Biological invasions are considered not as simple actions of invaders and reactions of invaded ecosystems, but as co-evolving complex adaptive systems with emergent features of network complexity and invasibility. Invasion Dynamics focuses on the ecology of invasive species and their impacts in recipient social-ecological systems. It not only discusses key advances and challenges within the traditional domain of invasion ecology, but introduces approaches, concepts, and insights from many other disciplines such as complexity science, systems science, and ecology more broadly. It will be of great value to invasion biologists analysing spread and/or impact dynamics as well as other ecologists interested in spread processes or habitat management."--

INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT CONTROL OPTIONS, CONGRESSIONAL ISSUES AND MAJOR LAWS -- INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT CONTROL OPTIONS, CONGRESSIONAL ISSUES AND MAJOR LAWS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INVASIVE SPECIES: CONTROL OPTIONS AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- Summary -- Introduction -- A Short History of Diffuse Legislation -- Threat of Invasive Species -- Geographic Origins of Non-Native Species -- Unusually Susceptible Habitats -- Pathways of Invasion -- Coordinating Science -- Predicting an Invasion: Black and White? -- Methods for Predicting Invasiveness -- Black Lists