Ecosystem services are the benefits obtained from the environment that increase human
well‐being. Economic valuation is conducted by measuring the human welfare gains or …

Forest insects and pathogens are major disturbance agents that have affected millions of
hectares in N orth A merica in recent decades, implying significant impacts to the carbon (C) …

This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography,
linking individual-and population-level processes to geographic distributions and …

This work examines the emergence and causes of new diseases all over the world,
describing a process called" spillover" where illness originates in wild animals before being …

Although ecologists commonly talk about the impacts of nonindigenous species, little formal
attention has been given to defining what we mean by impact, or connecting ecological …

Invasions of nonindigenous species threaten native biodiversity, ecosystem functioning,
animal and plant health, and human economies. The best solution is to prevent the …

This text provides readers with an in-depth exploration of how biological control functions
and how it can be safely employed to solve pest problems and enhance nature …

1. The decline in insect abundance and diversity observed in many ecosystems is of major
concern because of the long‐term consequences for ecosystem function and stability. 2 …

Alien invasive insects such as gypsy moth, hemlock woolly adelgid, and emerald ash borer
continue to disturb the mixed deciduous and hemlock forests of eastern North America by …

For millions of years the distribution of the world's biota has been restricted by oceans and
other natural barriers. During the last 100 yr, human activities, especially international travel …