Nature Out of Place: Biological Invasions In The Global Age

Though the forests are still green and the lakes full of water, an unending stream of invasions is changing many ecosystems around the world from productive, tightly integrated webs of native species to loose assemblages of stressed native species and aggressive invaders. The earth is becoming what author David Quammen has called a "planet of weeds."

Nature Out of Place brings this devastating but overlooked crisis to the forefront of public consciousness by offering a fascinating explorat...