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Foreword by Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias; Foreword by Piero Genovesi; Foreword by Helen E. Roy; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Non-native Species, Ecosystem Services, and Human Well-Being; 1.1 Why Focus on Ecosystem Services and Non-native Species?; 1.2 An Integrated View of Non-native Species Impacts on Ecosystem Services; 1.2.1 Impacts on Supporting Services; 1.2.2 Impacts on Provisioning Services; 1.2.3 Impacts on Regulating Services; 1.2.4 Impacts on Cultural Services and Human Well-Being; 1.3 Synergies Among Impacts on Ecosystem Services.

1.4 Conflict Among Impacts on Ecosystem Services1.5 Conclusions; References; Part I: Impacts on Supporting Services; Chapter 2: Changes in Primary Production and Carbon Sequestration after Plant Invasions; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Altered Ecosystem Carbon Cycling by Plant Invasions; 2.2.1 Primary Production; 2.2.2 Soil Respiration; 2.2.3 Ecosystem Carbon Pools; 2.2.4 Net Ecosystem Exchange; 2.3 A Case Study: Spartina alterniflora Invasion in Salt Marshes of Yangtze Estuary, China; 2.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Modification of Habitat Quality by Non-native Species; 3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Impacts on Habitat Quality3.2.1 Assimilatory-Dissimilatory Impacts on Abiotic Conditions and Consumable Resources; 3.2.2 Physical Ecosystem Engineering Impacts on Habitat Structure; 3.2.3 Physical Ecosystem Engineering Impacts on Abiotic Conditions and Consumable Resources; 3.2.4 Compound Impacts on Single Habitat Attributes; 3.2.5 Concurrent Impacts on Multiple Habitat Attributes; 3.3 Habitat-Mediated Impacts on Other Ecosystem Services; 3.3.1 Food and Raw Materials; 3.3.2 Climate Regulation; 3.3.3 Tourism and Recreation; 3.4 Conclusions; References.

5.2 What Are Hydrological Services and How Are They Provided?5.3 Ways in Which Biological Invasions Disrupt Hydrological Services; 5.3.1 Local and Regional Climate; 5.3.2 Water Use; 5.3.3 Seasonality of Water Use; 5.3.4 Ground Surface and Soil Texture Modification; 5.3.5 Wetland Encroachment, Channel Narrowing, and Sedimentation; 5.3.6 Destruction and Erosion of Channel Form; 5.3.7 Water Movement in Channel; 5.4 Feedbacks Between Hydrological Modification and Invasions; 5.5 Managing Invasion Impacts on Hydrological Services: Can the Concept of Ecosystem Services Help?; 5.6 Conclusions.

Chapter 4: Alteration of Nitrogen Cycling as a Result of Invasion4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Mechanisms of N Cycle Alteration by Invasions; 4.2.1 Changes in the Strategy of N Acquisition; 4.2.2 Changes from a Different Utilisation of N; 4.2.3 Alterations Mediated by Disturbances; 4.2.4 Alterations Caused by Changes in the Trophic Structure; 4.3 Are There General Trends on the Impact of Invaders on the N Cycle?; 4.4 Limitations of Current Knowledge and Future Research; References; Chapter 5: Hydrological Impacts of Biological Invasions; 5.1 Introduction.

The book presents an analysis of the ecological, economic and social threats posed by the introduction and spread of non-native species. It provides a comprehensive description of impacts of non-native species from all five kingdoms of life across all ecosystems of the world. New insights into the impacts arising from biological invasions are generated through taking an ecosystem services perspective. This work highlights that management of biological invasions is needed not only to sustain biodiversity and the environment, but also to safeguard productive sectors such as agriculture, forestry and fisheries, as well as to preserve human health and well-being.