Biological Invasions: Data Integration, Quantitative Analysis, and Early Warning

Author: Xu Rumei
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Biological invasions have altered large-scale landscapes, caused numerous species extinctions, severely reduced biodiversity, and brought significant economic losses. For biological invasions, prevention is more feasible and economical than controlling outbreaks. This book focuses on early warning of biological invasions, discussing in-depth topics such as monitoring, data integration, database establishment, exploration of invasion patterns, habitat suitability analysis, risk assessment, and predictive modeling. Additionally, the book includes relevant management regulations and lists of quarantine plants, making it convenient for readers to reference. This book is suitable for researchers, university and college faculty and students, science and technology personnel engaged in plant and animal quarantine, agriculture, and forestry, administrative officials, and management personnel.