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Description: |
1 online resource (xv, 381 pages) color illustrations, color maps |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Section 1. Global avian invaders -- Starlings and mynas -- Bulbuls, fycatchers and robins -- Parakeets -- Sparrows and cowbirds -- Pigeons and doves -- Partridges, egrets and junglefowl -- Finches, waxbills and bishops -- White-eyes -- Crows and magpies -- Swans, ducks, geese, ibises and swamphens -- Owls and harriers -- Section 2. Biogeography of avian invaders and emerging invasive species -- Australia and New Zealand -- Section 3. Impacts and management -- Conclusion -- Index. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: "Divided into three sections, this book provides detailed information on the 32 global avian invasive species listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG). It also offers an assessment of avian invasions from a biogeographic perspective, and considers the ecological impacts of these invasive species"-- Provided by publisher |
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Name Added Entry: |
Downs, Colleen T., editor. |