Ecology and control of introduced plants By Judith H. Myers and Dawn R. Bazely ISBN 0521357780, published in 2003 by Cambridge University Press, softcover, 313 pages Price $A85.00 plus $A11 postage within Australia, overseas postage please request a quote

This book considers the problem of invasive introduced plants from historical, ecological and sociological perspectives. It considers such questions as 'What makes a community invasible?', 'What makes a plant an invader?' and 'Can we restore plant communities after invasion?'. The book was written with advanced students and land managers in mind, and contains practical explanations, case studies and an introduction to basic techniques for evaluating the impacts of invasive plants. An underlying theme is that experimental and quantitative evaluation of potential problems is necessary, and solutions must consider the evolutionary and ecological constraints acting on species interactions in newly invaded communities.

About the authors

Judith Myers is a professor in the Department of Zoology and the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
Dawn Bazely is an associate professor in the Department of Biology at York University, Ontario, Canada.

Table of contents

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Planet of weeds: exotic plants in the landscape
• 3. Biological invasions in the context of plant communities
• 4. Predicting invasiveness from life history characteristics
• 5. Population ecology and introduced plants
• 6. Introduced plant diseases
• 7. Biological control of introduced plants
• 8. Modelling invasive plants and their control
• 9. Action against non-indigenous species
• 10. Genetically modified plants and final conclusions