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Ecology and Management of Giant Hogweed (Heracleum Mantegazzianum)
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Product Description
The Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum is a pernicious invasive species, with significant impact on human health due to its phytoxic sap. From its native area, the Caucasus, it has spread across Europe creating serious environmental and health problems. This book, the output of a three-year EU project involving 40 European experts, is an authoritative compendium of current knowledge on this amazing invasive plant and will facilitate improved management. It is an invaluable resource for both practitioner and student, and covers topics including taxonomy, genetics, reproduction, population ecology, and invasion dynamics. It also reviews the possibilities of mechanical, chemical and biological control.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2872490 in Books
- Published on: 2007-01-29
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 352 pages
Customer Reviews
Everything you wanted to know about giant hogweed but were afraid to ask
With a detailed review of all significant papers about Heracleum mantegazzianum available to date, this book is the state of the knowledge about the invasive plant and its management.
Unlike many books of its kind, that's not a collage of many papers, but a critic monography easy to read and to refer to.
Chapters are divided into subjects, so every trait of the plant is well treated and provided with detailed information quick to find. While describing rigorously the biology and ecology of the plant, there are always references to the management implications, with many interesting prompts for action.
Especially weed and landscape managers will benefit from this book, but, due to its wide range of experiments reported, also researchers who intend to study the giant hogweed.
