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Japan's Invasive Alien Species Act

Applied Entomology and Zoology, 2010
The 2004 Japanese Invasive Alien Species Act was enacted to control invasive alien species (IASs) and to prevent damage caused by IASs to ecosystems. The Act defines alien species recognized as or suspected of causing damage to ecosystems, human safety, agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
Tomoo Mizutani, Koichi Goka
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National Treasures versus Alien Species

2022
Abstract This chapter employs multispecies ethnography to investigate how permeable religious spaces in Japan have become focal points in assessing the ecological and cultural health of a nation facing external threats embodied by invasive raccoons.
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Invasion of alien species

1997
Abstract We begin with a classic example of invasion, the spatial spread of muskrats (Ondatra zibethica) in central Europe from 1909 to 1927. Figure 2.1, which appeared in Elton's book (1958), gives the contours of the range of spread based on Ulbrich's data (1930).
Nanako Shigesada, Kohkichi Kawasaki
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Alien Species in European Waters

2002
It is evident that the history of introduction of nonindigenous aquatic species into Europe dates back to pre-historic times. In this paper, we review from a historical perspective some of the human activities that have facilitated the potential of alien species from all continents but Antarctica to become established in coastal and inland waters of ...
Erkki Leppäkoski, Stephan Gollasch, Sergej Olenin   +2 more
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Prioritizing invasive alien species in Italy: screening of marine alien species

2018
Si riportano i primi risultati dell'esercizio di prioritizzazione delle specie aliene dei mari italiani condotto per conto di ISPRA dagli esperti dei singoli gruppi tassonomici iscritti al Gruppo Alloctone della Società Italiana di Biologia ...
Marchini, A., Cardeccia, A., Andaloro, F., Azzurro, E., Carnevali, Lucilla, Castelli, Alberto, Cecere, E., Donnarumma, L., Ferrario, J., Genovesi, P., Giangrande, A., Gravili, C., Grieco, Flavia, Langeneck, J., Mancinelli, G., Mastrototaro, F., Mazziotti, C., MISTRI, MAURIZIO, Montesanto, F., Munari, C., Orsi-Relini, L., Petrocelli, A., Piazzi, L., Relini, G., Russo, G. F., Sfriso, A., Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.   +26 more
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Economics of invasive alien species.

2012
Abstract This chapter discusses why the management or spread of invasive alien species (IAS) is an economic issue, and summarizes the economic impact of invasive species at the international scale. The economic impact of IAS in India and efforts to control the spread of IAS in the region are covered. Issues with regard to the control of IAS are
Vinish Kathuria Vinish Kathuria, S. P. Singh   +1 more
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Countering Impacts of Alien Species

2016
The numerous concerns over invasive species’ impacts, whether the alien species be insects, plants or others, display the intricacies of their interactions with the native biota they encounter, and give them a substantial collective and central role in insect conservation practice.
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Alien Species’ Profile

2023
Ruquia Gulzar, Anzar Ahmad Khuroo, Irfan Rashid   +2 more
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Alien Species in Urban Environments

2015
In general, invasive or ‘alien’ species are regarded as one of the two most important global drivers of biodiversity loss, the other being direct habitat despoliation. Urban environments are amongst the most accessible to many such species that are introduced and spread by human activity, and also amongst those in which these two paramount causes of ...
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Alien species

2023
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