Field / Identification Guide
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By: Olaf Booy(Author), Max Wade(Author), Helen E Roy(Author)
304 pages, 250 colour photos, b/w illustrations, 200 colour distribution maps
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Contents
Customer reviews
Biography
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About this book
Please note this is a print-on-demand reprint of the original 2015 title.
This field guide enables the identification of a range of invasive plants and animals now found in Britain.
The impact of invasive organisms is second only to habitat loss as a threat to biodiversity and yet, despite increasing ecological awareness, people remain largely unaware of these plants and animals and their potentially devastating impact. Although most biological introductions fail, many prove successful and these can prove disastrous for native fauna and flora.
Though the invasive species covered in this book are of particular concern to conservationists there has previously been no unified guide devoted to their recognition. Field Guide to Invasive Plants and Animals in Britain acts both as an ID guide, appealing to the amateur naturalist, and as an important tool for ecologists and land managers attempting to tackle the problem posed by invasive species.
Contents
Introduction
Scope
- How to use this field guide
- Recording invasive non-native species
- Biosecurity
- Invasive non-native species and the law
Plants
- Trees
- Shrubs
- Climbers and creepers
- Herbs
- Grasses and bamboos
- Mosses and liverworts
- Aquatic plants
Animals
- Mammals
- Birds
- Amphibians
- Reptiles
- Fish
- Freshwater invertebrates
- Terrestrial invertebrates
Glossary
References
index
Acknowledgements
Customer Reviews
Biography
Working at the sharp end of biological introduction, professional ecologists Max Wade, Olaf Booy and Helen Roy are well placed to write the definitive guide to invasive organisms. Between them they have written several books and academic papers, developed key species management techniques and established removal programmes for invasive plants across the UK.
Field / Identification Guide
New
By: Olaf Booy(Author), Max Wade(Author), Helen E Roy(Author)
304 pages, 250 colour photos, b/w illustrations, 200 colour distribution maps
"This field guide is packed full of information and is extremely interesting to read. It has helpful distribution maps and clear symbols that provide important information at a glance but also has enough detail to help with identification and give some understanding of the impact of the species on native plants and animals. In short, I really enjoyed it. However, what's always difficult with these types of guides is where to draw the line as many non-natives have been here so long they are very much part of our everyday experience of our country, e.g. Periwinkle and Rabbit, while – understandably – many non-native insects are not listed.
Personally, for the book to be of real value, I would have preferred a slimmer version that was restricted to those species that are of real concern and required recording, perhaps with an update each year to keep the information current."
– Debbie Todd, BTO book reviews
