:economic and environmental costs of alien plant, animal, and microbe species
First Statement of Responsibility
/ edited by David Pimentel
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
2nd ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boca Raton, FL
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: CRC Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 449 p.
Other Physical Details
: ill., maps.
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Text of Note
Print - Electronic
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
"Some 10 million species of plants, animals, and microbes are thought to inhabit the earth, but so far only about 1.5 million of these have been identified. A mere 15 of the approximately 250,000 known plant species provide the world's human population with about 90 percent of its food.1 These crops are wheat, rice, corn, rye, barley, soybeans, and common millet. Although these crops are now grown in nearly every nation, only one or two of these crop species originated in any specific country. Among animals, eight species currently provide the bulk of the meat, milk, and eggs consumed by humans. These leading livestock species are cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, horses, camels, chickens, and ducks. Farms in the United States feed approximately 100 million cattle, 7 million sheep, and 9 billion chickens each year"--Provided by publisher.
Text of Note
"A revised, expanded, and updated second version to the successful Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species, this reference discusses how non-native species invade new ecosystems and the subsequent economic and environmental effects of these species. With nine new chapters, this text provides detailed information on the major components of the invasive-species problem from six continents, including impacts on human health and livestock. The book examines ways in which non-native species destroy vital crops and forests; damage ecosystem dynamics, which leads to plant and animal biodiversity losses; and cause soil erosion and water loss"--Provided by publisher.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Biological invasions--Economic aspects
Biological invasions--Environmental aspects
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
577
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18
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QH353
Book number
.
B57
2011
PERSONAL NAME - SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY
Pimentel, David، 1925
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Country
ایران
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Host name
Biological invasions : economic and environmental costs of alien plant, animal, and microbe species