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• Title:Invasive and introduced plants and animals : human perceptions, attitudes and approaches to management / edited by Ian D. Rotherham and Robert A. Lambert.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Rotherham, Ian D.
  Lambert, Robert A.
  International Institute for Environment and Development.
  
• Published/Created:London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2011.
  

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  • Call Number: QH353 .I5826 2011
    
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  • Call Number: QH353 .I5826 2011
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Introduced organisms.
  Introduced organisms--Case studies.
  
• Description:xvi, 375 pages : ill ; 24 cm.
  
• Notes:"Earthscan publishes in association with the International Institute for Environment and Development."
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781849710718 (hardback)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I Setting the Scene
  1. Balancing Species History, Human Culture and Scientific Insight: Introduction and Overview / Robert A. Lambert
  2. Xenophobia or Conservation: Some Human Dimensions of Invasive Alien Species / Jeffrey A. McNeeley
  pt. II Attitudes and Perceptions
  3. Over Here: American Animals in Britain / Peter Coates
  4. How the Concept of Alien Species Emerged and Developed in 20th-century Britain / Chris Smout
  5. Nativeness and Nationhood: What Species `Belong' in Post-devolution Scotland? / Charles Warren
  6. Who is the Invader? Alien Species, Property Rights and the Police Power / Mark Sagoff
  7. Whales, Whitefellas and the Ambiguity of `Nativeness': Reflections on the Emplacement of Australian Identities / David Trigger
  8. Rise of Modern Invasion Biology and American Attitudes towards Introduced Species / Daniel Simberloff
  9. Anekeitaxonomy: Botany, Place and Belonging / Matthew K. Chew
  10. Other Side of Bio-invasion: The Example of Acclimatization in Germany / Iris Borowy
  pt. III Case Studies and Case Histories
  11. Strangers in a Familiar Land: The Return of the Native `Aliens' and the (Re)Wilding of Britain's Skies, 1850-2010 / Robert A. Lambert
  12. Public Perception of Invasive Alien Species in Mediterranean Europe / Francesca Gherardi
  13. Human Dimensions of Invasive Plants in Tropical Africa / Pierre Binggeli
  14. Rise and Fall of Japanese Knotweed? / John Bailey
  15. History and Perception in Animal and Plant Invasions - The Case of Acclimatization and Wild Gardeners / Ian D. Rotherham
  16. Factors Affecting People's Responses to Invasive Species Management / Paul H. Gobster
  17. Paradox of Invasive Species in Ecological Restoration: Do Restorationists Worry about Them Too Much or Too Little? / Stuart K. Allison
  18. View from Continental Europe: The Case Study of Prunus serotina in France in Comparison with Other Invasives / Guillaume Decocq
  19. Native or Alien? The Case of the Wild Boar in Britain / Martin Goulding
  20. Exotic and Invasive Species: An Economic Perspective / Michael Livingston
  21. Satisfaction in a Horse: The Perception and Assimilation of an Exotic Animal into Maori Custom Law / Hazel Petrie
  22. Fire and Loathing in the Fynbos: Notions of Indigenous and Alien Vegetation in South Africa's Western Cape, c. 1902-1945 / Simon Pooley
  23. Biological Invasion and Narratives of Environmental History in New Zealand, 1800-2000 / James Beattie
  pt. IV Way Ahead: Conclusions and Challenges
  24. Good Science, Good History and Pragmatism: Managing the Way Ahead / Robert A. Lambert.