TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hamilton,Garry
TI  - Super species: the creatures that will dominate the planet 
SN  - 9781554076307
AV  - QH353 .H35 2010
U1  - 578.6/2 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Buffalo, New York
PB  - Firefly Books Ltd.
KW  - Introduced organisms
KW  - Biological invasions
KW  - Espèces introduites
KW  - Invasions biologiques
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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?--
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011286604-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011286604-d.html
ER  -