Reading Assignments for 10/26 - 10/28

Tuesday, Oct. 26 - The Future of Invasions

• "Mail Order, the Internet, and Invasive Aquatic Weeds." By Stratford H. Kay and Steve T. Hoyle. (2001) Journal of Aquatic Plant Management. 39, pp. 88-91. [via Prometheus]
  
• "Bt TRANSGENE REDUCES HERBIVORY AND ENHANCES FECUNDITY IN WILD SUNFLOWERS." By A. A. SNOW, D. PILSON, L. H. RIESEBERG, M. J. PAULSEN, N. PLESKAC, M. R. REAGON,
  D. E. WOLF, AND S. M. SELBO. (2003) Ecological Applications. 13(2), pp. 279-286. [via Prometheus]
  
  And, from back in September:
  
• "Hybridization as a stimulus for the evolution of invasiveness in plants?" by Ellstrand and Schierenbeck (2000) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(13): 7043-7050 (link)
  

Thursday, Oct. 28 - Modeling and Predicting Invasions

• "Can we predict the effects of alien species? A case-history of the invasion of South Africa by Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck)." By George M. Branch and C. Nina Steffani. (2004) Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 300, pp. 189-215. [via Prometheus]
  
• Chapter 2 of Biological Invasions: Theory and Practice. By Nanako Shigesada and Kohkichi Kawasaki. (1997) Oxford University Press, New York. [handed out in class]