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082 _a577.180968 JOUB
100 1 _aJoubert, Leonie S.
_q(Leonie Skene),
_d1972-
_9184950
245 1 0 _aInvaded :
_bthe biological invasion of South Africa /
_cLeonie Joubert ; photography by Rodger Bosch.
260 _aJohannesburg :
_bWits University Press,
_c2009.
300 _a265 p. :
_bcol. illustration, col. map ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 248-259) and index.
505 0 _aShrinking planet Earth: travel and conquest on the road to globalisation -- A little Europe in the Cape: the Cape floral kingdom and its plant invaders (mostly silky hakea, cluster pine and long-leaved wattle) -- Stealing South Africa's precious water: the threat of woody tree invaders (wattle, pine, eucalyptus, mesquite and lantana) -- Troublemakers in the big blue: mussels, oysters and crabs -- Armies from the new world: Argentine (sugar) ant -- Winged incursions: common starlings, common mynahs, house sparrows, house crows, feral pigeons, the mallard duck and the spread of indigenous species -- The devil weed and the dinosaur doppelgänger: triffid weed and its impact on the Nile crocodile -- Flowers of the waysides and wastelands: road and railway verges and power-line servitudes -- Glades of grass: perennial and annual grass invaders -- The invisible sounder: Eurasian wild pigs -- The sweet-toothed predator in the winelands: the European or yellow jacket wasp -- The 'Capensis' calamity: Cape and African honeybees and the painted reed frog -- Our polluted waterways: predatory fish (trout, bass and sharptooth catfish) and invasive plants (hydrilla and water hyacinth) -- A tale of cats and mice: Marion, Prince Edward and Gough Islands -- Blueprint of a well-nourished world: genetically modified crops and global food security -- Staging a defence: strategies to contain invasion -- A biological diaspora: South Africa's weedy exports.
650 0 _aBiological invasions
_zSouth Africa.
_9184951
650 0 _aInvasive plants
_zSouth Africa.
_9184952
650 0 _aMarine biological invasions
_zSouth Africa.
_9184953
650 0 _aIntroduced organisms.
_9184954
700 1 _aBosch, Rodger.
_9184955
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
_w169
_xBoniswa Ngcongolo
_y169
_zBoniswa Ngcongolo
999 _c760949
_d760948