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The Resource Super species : the creatures that will dominate the planet, Garry Hamilton

Super species : the creatures that will dominate the planet, Garry Hamilton

Label
Super species : the creatures that will dominate the planet
Title
Super species
Title remainder
the creatures that will dominate the planet
Statement of responsibility
Garry Hamilton
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
While some ecologists view invasive species as a threat to biodiversity, others believe they may simply be nature's way of restoring ecological vibrancy in the wake of human-mediated destruction. Are they the new face of the biosphere?
Cataloging source
NLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1962-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Hamilton, Garry
Dewey number
578.6/2
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Introduced organisms
  • Biological invasions
Label
Super species : the creatures that will dominate the planet, Garry Hamilton
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Nature reshuffled. American bullfrog : Lithobates catesbeianus ; Brown tree snake : Boiga irregularis ; Chytrid fungus : Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ; Humboldt squid : Dosidicus gigas ; European green crab : Carcinus maenas -- Equilibrium lost. Eastern gray squirrel : Sciurus carolinensis ; Killer algae : Caulerpa taxifolia ; Feral pig : Sus scrofa ; Giant African land snail : Achatina fulica ; C. Difficile : Clostridium difficile -- Arrival of the fittest. Argentine ant : Linepithema humile ; Crown-of-thorns starfish : Acanthaster planci ; Nutria : Myocastor coypus ; Hydrozoan : Turritopsis dohrnii ; Kudzu : Pueraria montana -- The world of the future. Zebra mussel : Dreissena polymorpha ; Jellyfish : Phylum Cnidaria and Phylum Ctenophora ; House sparrow : Passer domesticus ; Water hyacinth : Eichhornia crassipes ; Nile perch : Lates niloticus
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
271 pages
Isbn
9781554076307
Isbn Type
(hb)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)594940491
  • 1/534850
  • OCoLC
Label
Super species : the creatures that will dominate the planet, Garry Hamilton
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Nature reshuffled. American bullfrog : Lithobates catesbeianus ; Brown tree snake : Boiga irregularis ; Chytrid fungus : Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ; Humboldt squid : Dosidicus gigas ; European green crab : Carcinus maenas -- Equilibrium lost. Eastern gray squirrel : Sciurus carolinensis ; Killer algae : Caulerpa taxifolia ; Feral pig : Sus scrofa ; Giant African land snail : Achatina fulica ; C. Difficile : Clostridium difficile -- Arrival of the fittest. Argentine ant : Linepithema humile ; Crown-of-thorns starfish : Acanthaster planci ; Nutria : Myocastor coypus ; Hydrozoan : Turritopsis dohrnii ; Kudzu : Pueraria montana -- The world of the future. Zebra mussel : Dreissena polymorpha ; Jellyfish : Phylum Cnidaria and Phylum Ctenophora ; House sparrow : Passer domesticus ; Water hyacinth : Eichhornia crassipes ; Nile perch : Lates niloticus
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
271 pages
Isbn
9781554076307
Isbn Type
(hb)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)594940491
  • 1/534850
  • OCoLC

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