The Ecology and Evolution of Invasive Populations
$111.75
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
21 May 2025
Summary
Invasive populations are ubiquitous and invariably carry consequences. A gene for herbicide resistance spreads; a tumour grows in a loved one’s body; an agricultural pest sweeps across the country; a new pathogen proliferates around the world. All of these are invasive populations — populations of genes, cells, or organisms spreading without control and having massive impact. Our collective desire to understand how invasive populations spread has inspired a rich body of basic theory developed…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192898647 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192898647 |
| Author: | Ben Phillips |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 21 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 876g |
| Dimensions: | 245mm x 188mm x 13mm |
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About The Author
Ben Phillips
Ben Phillips is Professor at the School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Australia. His expertise lies in population biology, employing both ecological and evolutionary perspectives to understand population change. He has published more than 170 scientific papers spanning a wide variety of topics and study systems. He started his professional career as a field biologist with an interest in reptiles. As a consequence of working on hybrid zones and a biological invasion in northern Australia, Phillips transitioned into modelling, fascinated by spatiotemporal processes.
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