Book ID: 92038
Cox, George W.
Alien species and evolution: The evolutionary ecology of exotic plants, animals, microbes, and interacting native species. 2004. illustr. XII, 377 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
The author reviews and synthesizes emerging information on theevolutionary changes that occur in plants, animals, and microbialorganisms when they colonize new geographical areas, and on theevolutionary responses of the native species with which alien speciesinteract. The book is broad in scope, exploring information across awide variety of taxonomic groups, trophic levels, and geographic areas.It examines theoretical topics related to rapid evolutionary change andsupports the emerging concept that species introduced to new physicaland biotic environments are particularly prone to rapid evolution.