Biological Invasions in the Tropics Monitoring, Mechanism and Management

About this book

Invasive species are one of the major threats to natural ecosystems and the services they provide. This book focuses on invasives (particularly insect species) currently implicated in impacting ecosystems and native communities in the tropics. Biological invasions require a multidisciplinary approach across taxa and habitats. This book updates recent advances in biological invasion research and highlights the impacts of invasives, identifies and explains mechanisms of invasion, and identifies research gaps. The book shows examples of species at risk from invasions, describes invasive species information networks, and shows analysis of current distributions and modelling of invasive populations. Chapters also cover prevention and legislation, global information sharing, and invasive species management practices. The book consists of four sections dealing with every aspect of invasiveness.

This book will be useful for scientists, researchers, ecologists, economists, planners and others working on biological invasions, biodiversity, landscape and land use planners. It will be useful to national and International organisations for monitoring, networking and coordinating efforts in the management of biological invasives.

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Biography

Dr Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy, Head and Principal Scientist (Rtd.,), Division of Crop Protection, is an author of many books and over 320 scientific papers and 60 chapters in Entomology and Natural History. He is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of India. His interests include insects, birds, bats, rodents and mammals. With nearly four decades of experience in teaching, research and extension, Dr Chakravarthy has been the investigator for over 35 research projects and has guided more than 28 students for post-graduation.

Dr P.R. Shashank is a Senior Scientist (Entomology) in the Division of Entomology, ICAR- Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi, India.