How Invasive Species Are Transforming the Planetand Ourselves
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The Aliens Among Us provides a fascinating overview of this topic. It tackles the complexities of invasion science but also offers a range of perspectives on the subject. Helen Roy, BBC Wildlife The toll of invasive species is high and growing ever higher. Leslie Anthony writes about this disturbing trend with intelligence and wit.Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction "A gripping, accurate account of how biological invasions threaten all of our ecosystems and what we can do about them."Daniel Simberloff, author of Invasive Species - What Everyone Needs to Know This book not only should be published, but quicklythe expense and chaos resulting from invasive species is enormous and increasing by the minute.Margaret D. Lowman, Director of Global Initiatives, California Academy of Sciences, and author of Life in the Treetops: Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology The Aliens Among Us is a refreshingly balanced and timely account of global invasive species issues. Leslie Anthony conveys the complexity and urgency of invasive species management, while showing how the science of invasion informs basic ecological theory.Lauren Smith-Ramesh, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis A personal, passionate reckoning with invasive species, these stories from the frontlines of the biodiversity crisis will resonate with every stroke of the paddle or step along the nature trail.James Barilla, author of My Backyard Jungle: The Adventures of an Urban Wildlife Lover Who Turned His Yard into Habitat and Learned to Live with It
Leslie Anthony is an awardwinning science and adventure journalist, and author of several books. His work has appeared in Explore, Canadian Geographic, and numerous other publications.