Naturalized animals : the ecology of successfully introduced species

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    • Lever, Christopher

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Naturalized animals : the ecology of successfully introduced species

by Chrisotpher Lever

Poyser, 1994

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This work discusses the ecological and economic impacts that naturalized vertebrates have had on the native fauna and flora of the countries to which they have been introduced - either deliberately or accidentally - by man, and in which they have become established.

Table of Contents

  • The ecology of naturalized animals
  • the ecological impact of naturalized herbivores
  • the ecological impact of naturalized predators
  • competition between naturalized and native species
  • hybridization between naturalized and native species
  • naturalized animals as prey species
  • the impact on crops of naturalized birds
  • the introduction of parasites, pathogens and diseases by naturalized animals
  • the ecological impact of naturalized reptiles and amphibians
  • the ecological impact of naturalized fishes
  • the ecological consequences of relationships between naturalized and native species
  • the ecological impacts of naturalized species compared
  • appendices
  • index of naturalized mammals and birds and the countries and island groups in which they have had a significant ecological impact
  • index of countries and island groups in which naturalized mammals and birds have had a significant ecological impact
  • species index.

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