Encyclopedia Of Invasive Species: From Africanized Honey Bees To Zebra Mussels

Author Susan L. Woodward

Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group

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Author

Susan L. Woodward

Publisher

Greenwood Publishing Group

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Copyright

2012

ISBN13

9780313382215

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Contains 168 entries on plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms that are invasive in the United States, providing an examination of the variety of organisms, pathways, distribution patterns, and impacts of non-native species introduced to this country.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
General Introduction: Invasive Species—Concepts and Issues.
Preface.
Alphabetical List of Invasive Microorganisms, Fungi, and Animal Entries.
1: Microorganisms.
2: Avian Malaria.
3: Lyme Disease Bacterium.
4: West Nile Virus.
5: Fungi.
6: Bat White-Nose Syndrome Fungus.
7: Chestnut Blight Fungus.
8: Chytrid Frog Fungus.
9: Dutch Elm Disease Fungi.
10: Sudden Oak Death.
11: White Pine Blister Rust.
12: Invertebrates.
13: Bryozoan.
14: Lacy Crust Bryozoan.
15: Tunicates.
16: Chain Tunicate.
17: Colonial Tunicate.
18: Cnidarian.
19: Australian Spotted Jellyfish.
20: Annelid Worms.
21: European Earthworms.
22: Mollusks.
23: Asian Clam.
24: Asian Green Mussel.
25: Chinese Mystery Snail.
26: Common Periwinkle.
27: Giant African Snail.
28: Golden Apple Snail.
29: Naval Shipworm.
30: New Zealand Mud Snail.
31: Quagga Mussel.
32: Veined Rapa Whelk.
33: Zebra Mussel.
34: Crustaceans.
35: Chinese Mitten Crab.
36: Green Crab.
37: Rusty Crayfish.
38: Spiny Water Flea.
39: Arachnids.
40: Honeybee Tracheal Mite.
41: Varroa Mite.
42: Insects.
43: Africanized Honey Bee.
44: Argentine Ant.
45: Asian Longhorned Beetle.
46: Asian Tiger Mosquito.
47: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug.
48: Common Bed Bug.
49: Emerald Ash Borer.
50: Formosan Subterranean Termite.
51: Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter.
52: Gypsy Moth.
53: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid.
54: Japanese Beetle.
55: Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle.
56: Red Imported Fire Ant.
57: Vertebrates.
58: Fish.
59: Alewife.
60: Asian Swamp Eel.
61: Bighead Carp.
62: Brown Trout.
63: Gizzard Shad.
64: Grass Carp.
65: Lionfish.
66: Mosquitofish.
67: Northern Snakehead.
68: Rainbow Trout.
69: Round Goby.
70: Sea Lamprey.
71: Silver Carp.
72: Spotted Tilapia.
73: Walking Catfish.
74: Amphibians.
75: African Clawed Frog.
76: American Bullfrog.
77: Coqui.
78: Cuban Treefrog.
79: Reptiles.
80: Brown Anole.
81: Burmese Python.
82: Green Iguana.
83: Nile Monitor.
84: Birds.
85: Cattle Egret.
86:
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