Invasive species / Noah Berlatsky, book editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berlatsky, Noah, editor.

Series:

At issue. Environment.

At issue. Environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonindigenous pests.

Biological invasions.

Introduced organisms--Ecology.

Introduced organisms.

Animal introduction.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (90 pages).

Place of Publication:

Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2016]

Summary:

Provides a wide range of opinions on a specific social issue. Offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research.

Contents:

1. Invasive species do not always harm the environment / Cord Riechelmann

2. Eradicating invasive species may be ecologically harmful / Katrina Voss

3. Eating invasive species can help reduce their impact / Nancy Matsumoto

4. Eating invasives will not reduce their impact / Matt Miller

5. Invasive species threaten global biodiversity / Roser Toll

6. Pushed by climate change, fish invasion of the Arctic bodes well for fishermen / Brittany Patterson

7. Bio-control is environmentally dangerous / Death of a Million Trees

8. Most dangerous invasive species include pigs, mussels, and bees / Faine Greenwood

9. Wild horse population in the United States is invasive and disruptive / National Horse and Burro Rangeland Management Coalition

10. Mustangs

return of the native or invasive species? / Kerry Kelly

11. Sterile invasive plants can help protect the environment / Colin Poitras

12. Sterile invasive plants won't protect the environment / Ellen Sousa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780737776416

0737776412

OCLC:

946078498