Invasive alien plants/ an ecological appraisal for the Indian subcontinent edited by J.R. Bhatt - 1st.ed. - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CAB International, 2012. - ix, 314 p.

1. Plant invasion in India: an overview --
pt. 1: Major invasive plants --
2. Biology, ecology and spread of the invasive weed Parthenium hysterophorus in India --
3. Invasive species: ecology and Impact of Lantana camara invasions --
4. Biology of Chromolaena odorata, Ageratina adenophora and Ageratina riparia: a review --
5. Ageratum conyzoides: an alien invasive weed in India --
6. Predicting the geographial distribution of an invasive species (Chromolaena odorata L. (King) & H.E. Robins) in the Indian subcontinent under climate change scenarios --
7. Impacts of cultivation of Kappaphycus alvarezii on coral reef environs of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay, South-eastern India --
8. Biology of Mikania micrantha H.B.K.: a review --
9. Anthemis cotula L .: a highly invasive species in the Kashmir Himalaya, India --
10. A brief appraisal of Genus Potamogeton L. in the Kashmir Valley --
pt. 2: Status, mapping and distribution --
11. Remote sensing of invasive alien plant species --
12. Invasive alien weeds of the Western Ghats: taxonomy and distribution --
13. Invasive alien plants in tropical forests of the South-eastern Ghats, India: ecology and management --
14. Status of alien plant invasions in the north-eastern region of India --
15. Invasive alien weeds in the Tropics: the changing pattern in the herbaceous flora of Meghalaya in North-east India --
16. Invasion by alien macrophytes in freshwater ecosystems of India --
17. Plant invasions in Jammu and Kashmir State, India --
pt. 3: Environmental impact and risk assessment --
18. Risk assessment for management of biological invasions --
19. Economics of invasive alien species --
pt. 4: Population dynamics and utilization --
20. Population dynamics of invasive alien species of Eupatorium --
21. Resource utilization and beneficial aspects of invasive alien weeds with special reference to the Western Ghats, India --
22. Lantana mulching for soil fertility improvement, soil and water conservation and crop yield enhancement in rainfed rice in the Kumaun Hills --
pt 5: Management and legislation --
23. Control of Lantana and restoration of biodiversity in reserve forests of Chandigarh: a case study --
24. Woody, alien and invasive Prosopis juliflora (Swartz) D.C.: management dilemmas and regulatory issues in Gujarat.

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