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Invasive alien plants : an ecological appraisal for the Indian subcontinent / edited by J.R. Bhatt ... [and others].

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Bhatt, J. R.
C.A.B. International.
Series:
CABI invasive species series ; 1.
CABI invasive species series ; 1
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Invasive plants--India.
Invasive plants.
Government policy.
Invasive plants--Control.
Plant diversity.
Plant ecology.
Environmental conditions.
India--Environmental conditions.
India.
Plant ecology--India.
Plant diversity--India.
Invasive plants--Control--India.
Invasive plants--Government policy--India.
Environmental policy--India.
Environmental policy.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 314 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, [2012]
System Details:
text file
Summary:
This book consists of 24 chapters on invasive alien plants in India presented under the following headings: plant invasion in India (an overview); major invasive plants (part I); status, mapping and distribution (part II); environmental impact and risk assessment (part III); population dynamics and utilization (part IV); and management and legislation (part V). This book is the first in a series of publications that aims to address all topics relating to invasive species, including biosecurity surveillance, mapping and modelling, economics of invasive species and species interactions in plant invasions. Aimed at researchers, upper-level students and policy makers, titles in the series provide international coverage of topics related to invasive species, including both a synthesis of facts and discussions of future research perspectives and possible solutions.
Contents:
1. Plant invasion in India: an overview
part 1: Major invasive plants
2. Biology, ecology and spread of the invasive weed Parthenium hysterophorus in India
3. Invasive species: ecology and Impact of Lantana camara invasions
4. Biology of Chromolaena odorata, Ageratina adenophora and Ageratina riparia: a review
5. Ageratum conyzoides: an alien invasive weed in India
6. Predicting the geographial distribution of an invasive species (Chromolaena odorata L. (King) and H.E. Robins) in the Indian subcontinent under climate change scenarios
7. Impacts of cultivation of Kappaphycus alvarezii on coral reef environs of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay, South-eastern India
8. Biology of Mikania micrantha H.B.K.: a review
9. Anthemis cotula L .: a highly invasive species in the Kashmir Himalaya, India
10. A brief appraisal of Genus Potamogeton L. in the Kashmir Valley
part 2: Status, mapping and distribution
11. Remote sensing of invasive alien plant species
12. Invasive alien weeds of the Western Ghats: taxonomy and distribution
13. Invasive alien plants in tropical forests of the South-eastern Ghats, India: ecology and management
14. Status of alien plant invasions in the north-eastern region of India
15. Invasive alien weeds in the Tropics: the changing pattern in the herbaceous flora of Meghalaya in North-east India
16. Invasion by alien macrophytes in freshwater ecosystems of India
17. Plant invasions in Jammu and Kashmir State, India
part 3: Environmental impact and risk assessment
18. Risk assessment for management of biological invasions
19. Economics of invasive alien species
part 4: Population dynamics and utilization
20. Population dynamics of invasive alien species of Eupatorium
21. Resource utilization and beneficial aspects of invasive alien weeds with special reference to the Western Ghats, India
22. Lantana mulching for soil fertility improvement, soil and water conservation and crop yield enhancement in rainfed rice in the Kumaun Hills
pt 5: Management and legislation
23. Control of Lantana and restoration of biodiversity in reserve forests of Chandigarh: a case study
24. Woody, alien and invasive Prosopis juliflora (Swartz) D.C.: management dilemmas and regulatory issues in Gujarat.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Other Format:
Print version: Invasive alien plants.
ISBN:
9781845939083
1845939085
OCLC:
768204504
Publisher Number:
9786613425928
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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