Invasive Birds: Global Trends and Impacts

By: Matthew Burnett and Bill Pranty and Diederik Strubbe and Erik Matthysen and Matthieu Guillemain and Johan Elmberg and Iain Henderson and Ding Li Yong and Juan Carlos Reboreda and Alexander Cruz and Tim Adriaens and Craig R Allen and Michael L Avery and Alexander V Badyaev and Fabrice M Brescia and Sarah E Britton and Daniel M Brooks and Jessica L. Burnett and Corey T Callaghan and César Capinha and Jen Cele and Jameson F Chace and Jocelyn Champagnon and Alice Cibois and Andrew Close and Alyssa R Conn and Richard T Corlett and Adrian J Craig and Amy E Dunham and James A Eaton and David A Smith and Yvette C Smith and Mike W Eichholz and Cyril Eraud and Chris L Feare and Jason M Gleditsch and Guillaume G Gayet and Carlos Gutiérrez-Expósito and Haley E Hanson and Frank Huysentruyt and John G Innes and Salit Kark and Michael R Leven and Ricardo J Lopes and Jean-Francois Maillard and Ndivhuwo Maligana and Chloe I Marcheli and Lynn B Martin and Blake A Mathys and Myriam E Mermoz and Jean-Yves Meyer and Dai K Morgan and Katherine G Ohman and Claire Pernollet and Murray A Potter and Eileen C Rees and Luís Reino and Joana Ribeiro and Peter A Robertson and Andrew M Rogers and Philip D Round and Joana Santana and Cavin T Shivambu and Neftalí Sillero and Preshnee Singh and Pär Söderquist and Karina L Speziale and Martin J Sullivan and Jean-Claude Thibault and Martin Thibault and Berndt J van Rensburg and Eric Vidal and Joseph R Waas and Amy-Leigh Wilson and Katherine Winston and Kevin A Wood and Pierre Yésou and Jaime E Zolik

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Synopsis: Examining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG). It acts as a one stop reference volume; it assesses current invasive status for each bird species, including details of physical description, diet, introduction and invasion pathways, breeding behaviour, natural habitat. It also looks at the environmental impact of each species, as well as current and future control methods. Full colour photographs assist with species identification and global distribution maps give a visual representation of the current known distributions of these species. The second part of the book discusses the biogeographical aspects of avian invasions, highlighting current and emerging invasive species across different regions of the world. The third section considers the impact of invasive species on native communities, problems associated with invasive bird management and the use of citizen science in the study of invasive birds.