ISBN: 9781559638760 - a plague of rats and rubbervines: the growing threat of species invasions (a shearwater book) (8 Ergebnisse)

2002. Natural History, Conservation. Island Press. Very good - fine boards with cloth spine and very good -fine dust jacket 377p.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The human love of novelty and desire to make one place look like another, coupled with massive increases in global trade and transport, are creating a growing economic and ecological threat. The same forces that are rapidly 'McDonaldizing' the world's diverse cultures are also driving us toward an era of monotonous, weedy, and uniformly impoverished landscapes. Unique plant and animal communities are slowly succumbing to the world's 'rats and rubbervines' - animals like zebra mussels and feral pigs, and plants like kudzu and water hyacinth - that, once moved into new territory, can disrupt human enterprise and well-being as well as native habitats and biodiversity. From songbird-eating snakes in Guam to cheatgrass in the Great Plains, 'invasives' are wreaking havoc around the world. DJ. 377 pages.…

Hard covers, dust jacket. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st edition. A well-referenced semi-popular account of work undertaken by the Global Invasive Species Programme, a project organised by SCOPE (scientific committee on problems of the environment). The book contains sensible advice on how governments and individuals can mitigate these problems. viii, 377 pp. Weight: 1 Language: English.…