Preface Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1. Definitional Matters: Invasive, Invasion, Naturalized, Introduced, Native, Non-Native, Alien Part I. People Move Species Around and Eventually Recognize Some Impacts Chapter 2. The Early Shuffling of the Biosphere 2.1. Terrestrial Introductions in Prehistory and Antiquity 2.

2. Prehistoric and Ancient Historical Aquatic Introductions 2.3. Early Historical Introductions Chapter 3. Early Recognition of the Extent of Invasions and Increasing Concern with Their Impacts 3.1. The Science of Biogeography: Which Species Are Where, and Where Are They Native? 3.2.

What About Impacts of Invasions? 3.3. Classifying Species: Which Are Native and Which Are Not? 3.4. A Prescient Person Far from the Mainstream: George Perkins Marsh Chapter 4. Mid-Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Invasions: Scientists Engage in Management 4.1. European Rabbit in Australia 4.

2. Phylloxera in France 4.3. Cottony Cushion Scale, the Vedalia Beetle, and a Fly in California 4.4. Spongy Moth in Massachusetts 4.5. Small Indian Mongoose in the West Indies and Beyond 4.

6. Water Hyacinth in Florida 4.7. White Pine Blister Rust in North America 4.8. Chestnut Blight in Eastern North America Chapter 5. Late 1800s to Early 1900s: The Trickle Becomes a Flood 5.1.

Acclimatization Societies 5.2. Fish 5.3. Birds 5.4. Mammals 5.5.

Reptiles and Amphibians 5.6. Plants Chapter 6. Mid-Nineteenth- to Mid-Twentieth-Century Research, Often Forgotten, and Warnings, Largely Ignored 6.1. North America 6.2. Europe 6.

3. New Zealand 6.4. Soviet Union Chapter 7. Mid-Twentieth Century: A False Start, and the Lead-Up to Modern Invasion Science 7.1. Charles S. Elton and His Invasion Book 7.

2. New Invasions, Popular Books, and Reviews of Particular Invasive Biotas 7.3. A Study Ahead of Its Time 7.4. The Environmental Movement 7.5. A New Conservation Science Chapter 8.

Geographers Study Invasions: A Largely Separate Endeavor 8.1. Increasing Interest in Biological Invasions 8.2. Two Geographers Interact More Strongly with Biologists 8.3. A Twentieth-Century Luminary Recognized by Invasion Scientists 8.4.

Geographers Continue to Mine Biological Invasions Chapter 9. The SCOPE Project Jump-Starts Modern Invasion Science 9.1. The SCOPE Programme on the Ecology of Biological Invasions 9.2. A Gap in the SCOPE Program, and GISP, a Sequel 9.3. A Controversial Analogy: Genetically Modified Organisms 9.

4. What Does "Global" Mean, Really? Chapter 10. Invasions Invade the Scientific and Popular Literature 10.1. Newsletters and Journals 10.2. College Textbooks 10.3.

Popular Books Part II. A Rapidly Growing Science Expands and Evolves Chapter 11. Invasion Science Embraces Evolution and Genetics 11.1. Early Research on Evolution of Non-Native Species 11.2. Advances in Molecular Genetic Technologies 11.3.

Evolution and Invasion Science in the Modern Era Chapter 12. Impacts, from Populations and Communities to Ecosystems 12.1. Ecological Impacts at the Population Level 12.2. Community-Level Impacts 12.3. Ecosystem Impacts 12.

4. Ecosystem Services and Ecosystem Impacts 12.5. Ecosystem Impacts, Microbial Ecology, and Soil Communities Chapter 13. Invasion Science Catches Two Ecology Waves 13.1. Meta-Analysis Enters Invasion Science 13.2.

Networks Are Increasingly Depicted and Analyzed Chapter 14. How Will Climate Change Affect Biological Invasions and Their Management? 14.1. Climate Science Recognizes Anthropogenic Global Warming 14.2. Ecological and Biodiversity Impacts of Global Warming 14.3. Changes in Native and Non-Native Species'' Ranges and Effect on Invasiveness 14.

4. Predictions of Range Expansion 14.5. The Overall Picture 14.6. A Controversy over Preserving Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Change Chapter 15. Hypotheses Explaining Biological Invasions Proliferate 15.1.

Invasions Pass Through a Sequence of Stages 15.2. What Hypotheses Are Obvious? 15.3. Do Species Traits Predict Invasion Scope and Impact? 15.4. What Features Make Ecosystems More or Less Prone to Impactful Invasions? 15.5.

How Do Ecosystem Features and Species Traits Interact to Affect Invasions? 15.6. A Hypothesis That Stands Apart: Invasional Meltdown Chapter 16. Measuring, Ranking, and Predicting Invasion Impacts 16.1. Quantifying Environmental Impacts 16.2. The IUCN Red Lists for Imperiled Species: A Template for Quantifying Invasion Impacts? 16.

3. Red List Analogs for Invasive Species: EICAT, EICAT+, and SEICAT 16.4. Risk Analysis Chapter 17. Management of Biological Invasions 17.1. Early Detection, Rapid Response (EDRR) 17.2.

Eradication 17.3. Physical and Mechanical Control 17.4. Chemical Control 17.5. Biological Control (Biocontrol) 17.6.

Other Technologies 17.7. New Methods Based on Genetics Chapter 18. Controversies Abound 18.1. The Charge of Xenophobia or Nativism 18.2. Terminology and Categories 18.

3. Which Populations to Target: Beneficial Non-Natives and Wasteful Management 18.4. "Native Invaders" and Ecological Succession 18.5. Invasive Species Denialism 18.6. Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, and Compassionate Conservation Chapter 19.

The Near Future of Invasion Science 19.1. Collaborations 19.2. Social Media 19.3. Citizen Science 19.4.

The Global Scope of the Science 19.5. New Disciplines and Underrepresented Research Areas 19.6. Context Dependence 19.7. Over- and Underemphasized Research Foci 19.8.

Will the Invasion Juggernaut Be Slowed? Notes Bibliography Species Index Subject Index.