Undesirable: Humans, Invasive Species, and Where We All Belong - Hardcover

Crawford, Amy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197768083 ISBN 13: 9780197768082

Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc, 2026

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In an era when the media loves a real-life monster story this book offers concerned citizens a different outlook on invasive species and new ways to think about their own roles in a changing world.

Over the past five hundred years, human exploration, settlement and commerce have carried countless plants and animals far from their original homes. Today, these far-flung organisms are changing ecosystems around the globe and have been called the second-greatest threat to biodiversity after habitat loss. But while the story of so-called invasive species may seem simple-and has certainly been presented to the public as such-the young field of invasion biology has been wracked by controversy and haunted by ethical quandaries.

Whether it is Asian carp swimming relentlessly toward the Great Lakes or brushtail possums allegedly decimating the flightless birds of New Zealand, Undesirable: Humans, Invasive Species, and Where We All Belong takes a heterodox approach to one of the major environmental topics of our time, complicating the over-simplified narrative on invasive species and offering readers new ways to think about what has been called one of the top threats to biodiversity. Through case studies, historical surveys, media criticism, and conversations with both experts and the ordinary people who serve as foot soldiers in the war on invasive species, this book explores whether changing the way we think about them could help us manage invasive species in more productive ways and inspire better stewardship of nature.

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Amy Crawford is a freelance writer and long-time contributor to Smithsonian Magazine. Her writing on science, the environment, and sustainability has also appeared in Nature Conservancy, CityLab, The Boston Globe, and elsewhere. She has a master's degree from Columbia Journalism School and a BA from Cornell University. She lives on a small organic farm in rural Michigan with her husband and children, and is a certified Michigan Naturalist.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0197768083
• ISBN 13: 9780197768082
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264
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