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Torres, Maria de Lourdes.

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Understanding invasive species in the Galapagos Islands = from the molecular to the landscape /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Understanding invasive species in the Galapagos Islands/ edited by Maria de Lourdes Torres, Carlos F. Mena.
Reminder of title:	from the molecular to the landscape /
other author:	Torres, Maria de Lourdes.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2018.,
Description:	xxvii, 237 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Introduced organisms - Galapagos Islands. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67177-2
ISBN:	9783319671772

Understanding invasive species in the Galapagos Islands = from the molecular to the landscape /
Understanding invasive species in the Galapagos Islandsfrom the molecular to the landscape /[electronic resource] :edited by Maria de Lourdes Torres, Carlos F. Mena. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018. - xxvii, 237 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Social and ecological interactions in the Galapagos Islands,2195-1055. - Social and ecological interactions in the Galapagos Islands..

This book investigates the introduction of invasive species and their behavior in oceanic islands. How can we define invasive species? What is their history? How did they come to dominate and transform ecosystems? These are relevant questions when trying to understand the behavior of invasive species-primarily in fragile ecosystems such as islands-and to understand the biological, ecological, social and economic impacts of invasions. We chose the Galapagos Islands, a place well-known to be unique in the study of evolution, as a laboratory to analyze the interactions between invasive and endemic species, to understand the makeup of the ecosystems emerging after invasions have occurred, to describe the relationships of invasives with the people that live in these islands, and to try to develop comprehensive analyses on this topic from multi-scalar and multi-disciplinary points of view. For a long time, the discussion has been about how proper management of the species could achieve two main goals: the eradication of the species to recover affected ecosystems and the conservation of endemic species. The discussion has taken on other nuances, including the suggestion that an invasive species, when it is already adapted to an ecosystem, forms an integral part of it, and thus eradication would in itself go against conservation. On the other hand, some invasive species are not only part of the biological compound of the island ecosystems, but they also form part of the social and cultural history of the inhabited islands. Some of these identified by the local inhabitants are species of real or potential economic value.

ISBN: 9783319671772

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-67177-2doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

3301718
Introduced organisms
--Galapagos Islands.

LC Class. No.: QH353 / .U534 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 578.62

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