This unique book identifies the balance among these factors to show how biological control can be integrated into ecosystem restoration as practiced by conservation biologists. Jointly developed by conservation biologists and biological control scientists, it contains chapters on matching tools to management goals; tools in action; measuring and evaluating ecological outcomes of biological control introductions; managing conflict over biological control; and includes case studies as well as an ethical framework for integrating biological control and conservation practice.
Integrating Biological Control into Conservation Practice is suitable for graduate courses in invasive species management and biological control, as well as for research scientists in government and non-profit conservation organizations.
Roy G. Van Driesche, Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, USA.
Daniel Simberloff, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, USA.
Bernd Blossey, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, USA.
Chrlotte Causton, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos Islands.
Mark S. Hoddle, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, USA.
Christian O. Marks, The Nature Conservancy, Connecticut River Program, USA.
Kevin M. Heinz, Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, USA.
David Wagner, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, USA.
Keith Warner, Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University, USA.