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This comprehensive and innovative work addresses the intersection of invasive species management and climate resilience. Researchers have claimed that invasive species are the dominant biological threat to the functioning of our planet; whilst arguably true, humans are now concurrently affecting climate resilience. Bringing together experts from around the world, this book provides a nuanced evaluation of the management issues of invasive species driven by net benefits and threats, acknowledging that such species may also offer solutions towards addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Sustainable Management of Invasive Species provides valuable insights into this area but also pushes assessments of management into a much-needed, realistic framework of ongoing environmental change. Chapters address the importance of governance and emerging technologies for monitoring and assessment, and in particular the need for management to address the full spectrum of local to essentially global issues, requiring international effort and coordination. The case studies presented encompass microbial, plant, and animal invasions across diverse aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and provide examples of applications and opportunities for invasive species to participate in ecological and economic sustainability efforts.

Contents:

Preface
About the Editors
Introduction: Managing Invasive Species: Problems, Panaceas, and Realities for the 21st Century (Timothy R Seastedt and Ming Hung Wong)
Governance:
- Multi-Level Governance of Managing Invasive Alien Species (Sidan Wang)
Emerging Technologies or Detection and Assessment:
- Management of Invasive Mosquitoes Through Molecular Surveillance (Yee Ling Chong, Mac Pierce, Shaolin Han, Lucy de Lataillade, Yunshi Liao, Elliott Miot, Freddy Kuok San Yeo, Benoit Guénard, and Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam)
- Environmental DNA Metabarcoding for Detecting Invasive Species: A Case Study in the Reservoirs of Hong Kong (Zhao Ming Wen, Ka Yan Ma, Wai Hong Yiu, Ling Ming Tsang, Ka Hou Chu, and Chi Chiu Cheang)
- Invasive Woody Species Identification Using Hyperspectral Imaging Data (Pavel A Dmitriev, Boris L Kozlovsky, Anastasiya A Dmitrieva, Tatiana V Varduni, and Tatiana M Minkina)
Assessments for Management Actions:
- Prevention of Invasive Plant Species (Hao Shen, Lan Hong, Wen Jing Yang, and Qing Ye)
- Microbe-Assisted Plant Invasion (Xun Wen Chen, Min Pan, and Louis Shing Him Lee)
- Invasive Plant Pathogens and Their Impacts on Major Crops: Identifying the Worst Offenders of the European Union (Raksha Jain, Pedro Rosa, Nitin Bohra, Ana Borges, Rupesh Kumar Singh, Mahipal S Shekhawat, Francisco R Quiroz-Figueroa, Pradeep Kumar, Vishnu D Rajput, Tatiana Minkina, and Henrique Trinidade)
- Drought Legacy Effects on the Invisibility of North American Semi-Arid Grasslands (Karie Cherwin, Phil Chapman, and Alan Knapp)
- Rethinking Plant Invasions During the Climate Crisis: An Ecosystem Management Imperative (Timothy R Seastedt)
- Management of Invasive Earthworms in North America (Andrea Dávalos, Josef Grres, Bradley M Herrick, Timothy S McCay, and Maryam Nouri-Aiin)
- Temporal and Spatial Changes of Invasive Freshwater Fish in China Due to Climate Change (Ruwei Wang, Linlin Xia, and Feng Wang)
Applications and Opportunities:
- Prospects of Invasive Plant Species for Sustainable Food Production (Khadeza Yasmin, Mohammad Al Mamun, Md Abul Kashem, Md. Rokonuzzaman, and Wai Chin Li)
- Sustainable Management of a Globally Invasive Species: The Case of Red Swamp Crayfish (Jingchun Shi, Li Xiang, and Ming Hung Wong)
- Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) Turning an Invasive Species into a Valuable Cultured Species (Tsun Man Lee, Chun Fung Wong, Yu Bon Man, and Ming Hung Wong)
- Growing Invasive Fish in Sewage-Fed Ponds to Improve Water Reuse and Food Security (Tsun Man Lee, Uddin Md Saif, Yu Bon Man, and Ming Hung Wong)
Index

Readership: This book is suitable for students at both undergraduate and graduate level for courses in Environmental Management or similar. Is also suitable for researchers, consultants and emerging professionals involved in areas such applied ecology, ecological-engineering, global change biology efforts, and biodiversity and climate change solutions.

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Sustainable Management of Invasive Species

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