Reading Assignments for 9/13 - 9/17

For Tuesday 9/14:

1. "Naturalization and invasion of alien plants: concepts and definitions." (.pdf file) Richardon et al. (2000) Diversity and Distributions. Vol. 6, pp. 93-107.
   
2. "Biological Invasions and Cryptogenic Species." Carlton, J. T. (1996). Ecology 77(6): 1653-1655. [Available via JSTOR]
   
3. Invasive Plant Pests Definitions and Criteria. (2004). NBII Southern Appalachian Information Node.
   
4. A Guide to Designing Legal and Institutional Frameworks on Alien Invasive Species. Environment Policy and Law Paper No. 40 (.pdf file). (2000). IUCN. [Only read Section 1.1 (pp. 1-4)! No need to print out the whole thing!]
   
5. "On invading species and invaded ecosystems: the interplay of historical chance and biological necessity." di Castri (1990). In Biological Invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. pp. 3-16. [Handed out in class!]

For Thursday 9/16:

1. "Recent plant invasions in the Circum-Mediterranean region." Quezel et al. (1990). In Biological Invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. pp. 51-60. Study terminology, skim rest of article! [Handed out in class!]
   
2. Chapters 2 and 5 in Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience by David Theodoropoulos. [Available to download from Prometheus system]