TY - BOOK ID - 1634723 TI - Conceptual Ecology and Invasion Biology: Reciprocal Approaches to Nature AU - Cadotte, Marc W. AU - McMahon, Sean M. AU - Fukami, Tadashi. PY - 2006 SN - 1402041586 9781402041587 1402041578 9786610624836 1280624833 1402049250 9781402041570 9781402049255 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Plant ecology. Plant sociology KW - Biological invasions. KW - Ecology. KW - Biological invasions KW - Invasions biologiques KW - EPUB-LIV-FT SPRINGER-B LIVBIOLO KW - Applied Ecology. KW - Nature Conservation. KW - Terrestial Ecology. KW - Theoretical Ecology/Statistics. KW - Balance of nature KW - Biology KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Environmental sciences KW - Population biology KW - Conservation of nature KW - Nature KW - Nature protection KW - Protection of nature KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Applied ecology KW - Conservation biology KW - Endangered ecosystems KW - Natural areas KW - Ecology KW - Environmental protection KW - Nature conservation KW - Conservation KW - Ecology . KW - Applied ecology. KW - Nature conservation. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1634723 AB - The conservation threat represented by invasive species is well-known, but the scientific opportunities are underappreciated. Invasion studies have historically been largely directed at the important job of collecting case studies. Invasion biology has matured to the point of being able to incorporating itself into the heart of ecology, and should be viewed as extensions or critical experiments of ecological theory. In this edited volume, global experts in ecology and evolutionary biology explore how theories in ecology elucidate the invasion processes while also examining how specific invasions informs ecological theory. This reciprocal benefit is highlighted in a number of scales of organization: population, community and biogeographic, while employing example invaders in all major groups of organisms and from a number of regions around the globe. The chapters in this volume utilize many of the cutting edge observational, experimental, analytical and computational methods used in modern ecology. Through merging conceptual ecology and invasion biology we can obtain a better understanding of the invasion process while also developing a better understanding of how ecological systems function. ER -