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Book SynopsisInvasive species have a critical and growing effect upon natural areas. They can modify, degrade, or destroy wildland ecosystem structure and function, and reduce native biodiversity. Landscape-level solutions are needed to address these problems.
Table of ContentsList of contributors, vi
Preface, viii
1 Integrating biological control into a conservation context: why is it necessary?, 1
Kevin M. Heinz, Roy G. Van Driesche, and Daniel Simberloff
2 Designing restoration programs based on understanding the drivers of ecological change, 4
Christian O. Marks and Roy G. Van Driesche
3 Matching tools to management goals, 22
Charlotte Causton and Roy G. Van Driesche
4 Tools in action: understanding tradeoffs through case histories, 54
Roy G. Van Driesche, Bernd Blossey, and Daniel Simberloff
5 Benefit–risk assessment of biological control in wildlands, 80
Roy G. Van Driesche and Daniel Simberloff
6 Systematics and biological control, 105
Jeremy C. Andersen and David L. Wagner
7 Forecasting unintended effects of natural enemies used for classical biological control of invasive species, 130
Mark S. Hoddle
8 Measuring and evaluating ecological outcomes of biological control introductions, 161
Bernd Blossey
9 Methods for evaluation of natural enemy impacts on invasive pests of wildlands, 189
Roy G. Van Driesche
10 Cases of biological control restoring natural systems, 208
Roy G. Van Driesche, Paul D. Pratt, Ted D. Center, Min B. Rayamajhi, Phil W. Tipping, Mary Purcell, Simon Fowler, Charlotte Causton, Mark S. Hoddle, Leyla Kaufman, Russell H. Messing, Michael E. Montgomery, Rieks van Klinken, Jian J. Duan, and Jean-Yves Meyer
11 Societal values expressed through policy and regulations concerning biological control releases, 247
Andy W. Sheppard and Keith D. Warner
12 Managing conflict over biological control: the case of strawberry guava in Hawaii, 264
M. Tracy Johnson
13 An ethical framework for integrating biological control into conservation practice, 277
Keith D. Warner
14 Economics of biological control for species invading wildlands, 294
Roy G. Van Driesche and Kevin M. Heinz
15 The future of biological control: a proposal for fundamental reform, 314
Bernd Blossey
Concluding thoughts on future actions, 329
Roy G. Van Driesche, Daniel Simberloff, and David L. Wagner
Index, 330
