Invasive Alien Species: Observations and Issues from Around the World
Volume 1: Issues and Invasions in Africa
Invasive alien species are spreading into new ecosystems each year. The impacts caused by these invaders can be swift and devastating. The topic of invasive alien species is large, complex, and globally significant at various scales, exacerbated by the globalization of world economies and increased trade and commerce that has overcome natural barriers to species movement. Invasive alien species threaten global food supplies, water quality and availability, and energy production and delivery. With the added risks associated with global climate change, the global homogenization of plants, animals, and microbes is a major factor in the decline in ecosystem health and ecosystem services worldwide. To counter this trend, there is a critical need to unify governments, cultures, and programs to improve cross-boundary coordination to effectively address the wide range of invasive alien species threats to the environment, economies, and to plant and animal health; particularly human health.
This 4-volume work is the first to compile a set of useful material for key topics, to provide a better understanding of the overall global threat of invasive alien species and the diverse array of problems faced around the world, and assemble material that includes potential replicable solutions to overcome these threats. The books also highlight the threat posed by invasive alien species in terms of a global ‘call to action’. Since invasive species know no boundaries, it is our hope that by compiling material from different scientific and social perspectives around the world, and sharing knowledge and examples of a diverse array of associated topics, we can advance global awareness and improve unified national responses to the threat posed by invasive alien species.
Table of Contents
Volume One
List of Contributors xi
1 Invasive Alien Species: A Prodigious Global Threat in the Anthropocene 1
Michael R. Ielmini and K.V. Sankaran
2 Reproductive Traits That Foster the Invasion of Four Alien Plant Species in Botswana 80
Demel Teketay, Thabo Mafote, Kamogelo K. Puodipe, Pauline B. Mompati, Neo Nkoborwane, Thembinkosi Mathowa, and Witness Mojeremane
3 The Worst Invasive Species to Egypt 112
Wafaa M. Amer
4 Status, Trends, and Scenarios of Invasive Alien Species in Gabon 139
Jean Bruno Mikissa, Aurelie Flore Koumba Pambo, Emmanuel Bayani Ngoyi, Kathryn J. Jeffery, Lee White, and Katharine Abernethy
5 Invasive Alien Species (IAS) of Ghana 145
Michael Kwabena Osei, Kofi Frimpong-Anin, Joseph Adjebeng-Danquah, Benedicta Nsiah Frimpong, and Joseph Adomako
6 Invasive Alien Species in Libya 173
Mohammed H. Mahklouf and Esmail A. Shakman
7 Elements for Reflection on Primary Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in Morocco: Actual and Potential Impacts 196
Mohamed Menioui
8 Invasive Alien Species of Sierra Leone 242
Prince E. Norman, Jonathan Johnny, Sheku K. Moiforay, and Yvonne S.G.E. Norman
9 Alien Invasive Species in Tanzania 263
John K. Bukombe, Ally K. Nkwabi, Lazaro J. Mangewa, Emmanuel A. Sweke, Pius Y. Kavana, Steven D. Liseki, and Hamza H. Kija
10 Invasive Alien Species in Togo (West Africa) 291
Kouami Kokou, Komlan Mawuli Afiademanyo, and Lakpo Koku Agboyi
11 Invasive Alien Species in Zambia 313
Stanford Mudenda Siachoono, Stephen Syampungani, and Jhonnah Mundike
12 Invasive Alien Species in Zimbabwe (Southern Africa) 330
Claid Mujaju, Nhamo Mudada, and Godfrey Pasurai Chikwenhere
Volume Two
List of Contributors xii
1 Invasive Alien Species of Bangladesh 1
Sharif A. Mukul, Mohammed Abu Sayed Arfin-Khan, and Mohammad Belal Uddin
2 An Annotated Inventory of Invasive Alien Flora of India 16
Anzar A. Khuroo, Rameez Ahmad, Maroof Hamid, Zubair A. Rather, Akhtar H. Malik, and Irfan Rashid
3 Bio-invasion of Aquatic Invasive Species in India 38
Ramakrishna
4 Invasive Alien Plant Species Management in Indonesia 73
Titiek Setyawati, Sunardi, and Sukisman Tjitrosoedirdjo
5 Invasive Alien Species of Iran 103
Mohammad Mehdi Dehshiri
6 Invasive Alien Species in Iraq 126
Saman A. Ahmad, Nariman S. Ahmad, and Sarbagh Salih
7 Invasive Alien Species in Malaysia 151
Ibrahim Faridah-Hanum and Abdul Latiff
8 Invasions of Alien Plant Species in Nepal: Patterns and Process 168
Bharat Babu Shrestha and Krishna Kumar Shrestha
9 Invasive Alien Species of Oman 184
Annette Patzelt and Darach A. Lupton
10 Impact Assessment and Management of Invasive Species in Plant Diversity Centers and Agriculture Fields of Saudi Arabia 207
Ahmed H. Alfarhan, Jacob Thomas, and R. Rajakrishnan
11 Status and Management of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in Vietnam 226
Mai Dinh Yen
12 Parthenium hysterophorus in Global Perspectives, with Special Reference to Sri Lanka 244
A.H. Magdon Jayasuriya
13 Biosecurity Plan for Invasive Ants in the Pacific Region 275
Casper Vanderwoude, Souad Boudjelas, Monica Gruber, Benjamin Hoffmann, David Oi, and Sanford Porter
Index 289
Volume Three
List of Contributors xiii
1 Invasive Alien Species in Scandinavia 1
Kjetil Bevanger
2 Invasive Alien Species in the Balkan Peninsula 42
Biljana Panjkovic, Milica Rat, Sara Mihajlovic, Laszlo Galambos, Alen Kis, Slobodan Puzovic, Bojana Nadazin, Jelena Seat, Filip Vukajlovic, Ivan Tot, and Marko Dapic
3 Invasive Alien Species of Georgia 88
Guram Aleksidze, Givi Japaridze, Giorgi Kavtaradze, and Shalva Barjadze
4 Invasive Alien Species of Greece 124
E. Korakaki, A. Legakis, S. Katsanevakis, P.P. Koulelis, E.V. Avramidou, N. Soulioti, and P.V. Petrakis
5 Invasive Aliens in Italy: Enumeration, History, Biology and Their Impact 190
Gianniantonio Domina
6 Invasive Alien Plant Species in Global Perspectives with Special References to Bosnia and Herzegovina 215
S. Barudanovic, E. Zecic, A. Macanovic, B. Durakovic, and E. Masic
7 Status and Management of Invasive Alien Species in Switzerland 253
Lea Amacher, Gabriella Silvestri, and Gian-Reto Walther
8 Eucalyptus in South Europe: Searching for the Promised Land -- Introduction and Dissemination of Eucalyptus in Southwestern Europe 278
Francisco Javier Silva-Pando
Index 317
Volume Four
List of Contributors xiv
1 Advances in the Knowledge and Study of Invasive Alien Species in Bolivia 1
Wendy L. Tejeda, Adriana Rico-Cernohorska, Stephan G. Beck, Alfredo F. Fuentes, Robert B. Wallace, Guido Miranda-Chumacero, Luis F. Aguirre, and Maria del Pilar Fernandez Murillo
2 Distribution of Invasive Alien Species in Brazilian Ecoregions and Protected Areas 24
Michele de Sá Dechoum, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Silvia de Melo Futada, and Sílvia Renate Ziller
3 Botanical Gardens and the Global Challenge of Invasive Species 43
David Allan Galbraith and Nadia Cavallin
4 Invasive Plants of Costa Rica Current Status and Research Opportunities 57
Gerardo Avalos, Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal, and Luis Guillermo Artavia-Rodríguez
5 Invasive Alien Species in Mexico 77
Patricia Koleff, Roberto Mendoza Alfaro, Jordan Golubov, Ana Isabel González-Martínez, Yolanda Barrios-Caballero, Silvia De Jesús De Jesús, Zenia Patricia Ruiz-Utrilla, Federico Méndez-Sánchez, Mariam Latofski-Robles, María del Mar Garciadiego-San Juan, and Ana Esperanza Marichal-González
6 Invasive Species in Mexican Marine Ecosystems 93
Jesús Ángel de León-González, José Rolando Bastida-Zavala, Roberto Mendoza-Alfaro, and Sergio Luna
7 Invasive Species in Mexican Continental Aquatic Ecosystems 119
Roberto Mendoza Alfaro, Sergio Luna, and Carlos Aguilera
8 Invasion Potential of Mexican Terrestrial Ecosystems 143
Julieta Salomé Díaz, Jordan Golubov, Sarah Sifuentes de la Torre, Cristina M. Ramirez-Gutierrez, and María del Carmen Mandujano
9 The Implementation of the Mexican Strategy on Invasive Species: How Far Have We Come? 153
Georgia Born-Schmidt, Jordi Parpal Servole, Viviana Reyes-Gómez, Eduardo Rendón Hernández, Erika Alarcón Chavira, and Sayra Rosio Espindola Barrientos
10 Invasive Plant Management and Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation: A Review and Status Report 165
Michael R. Ielmini, Todd E. Hopkins, Kenneth E. Mayer, Kim Goodwin, Chad Boyd, Brian Mealor, Mike Pellant, and Tom Christiansen
11 Invasive Alien Biota of Venezuela 212
José Ramón Grande Allende
12 Invasion of Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris L.) and Its Effect on Wildlife in Temperate Forests from La Malinche National Park (LMNP), in Central Mexico 257
Arturo Estrada Torres and Iván R. Bravo
13 Biosecurity in a Global Invasion Hotspot: Hawai'i as a Model for Interagency Biosecurity Planning 270
Chelsea Arnott, Josh Atwood, Randal Bartlett, Kevin Hoffman, Leyla Kaufman, Julie Kuo, Michael Melzer, Rachel Neville, Teya Penniman, David Rodriguez, and Lincoln Wells
14 Evaluating Protection Strategies for an Invasive Plant Species: Miconia calvescens 285
David Lewis, Christopher A. Wada, Kimberly M. Burnett, James Leary, and Brooke Mahnken
15 Weed Wrangle, a Functional Model for Teaching the Negative Impacts of Non-native Invasive Species 303
Elizabeth Lamar, Cayce McAlister, and Steve Manning
16 The Life Cycle of Invasive Alien Species Occurrence Data: Mapping, Sharing, and Reuse 308
Rebekah D. Wallace, Charles T. Bargeron, Joseph H. LaForest, and Rachel L. Carroll
17 Citizen Scientists' Role in Invasive Alien Species Mapping and Management 325
Rebekah D. Wallace, Charles T. Bargeron, Joseph H. LaForest, and Rachel L. Carroll
18 Effective Collaboration to Prevent and Manage Invasive Pests: Lessons Learned from the Pacific Northwest (United States) 339
R. Jalene Littlejohn and J. Michelle Delepine
19 Chemical War Between Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) and Rasberry Crazy Ants (Nylanderia fulva) 353
Shiyou Li, Wei Yuan, Ping Wang, Zushang Su, David L. Kulhavy, Fuqiang Zhao, and Steven H. Bullard
Index 369
