He discusses, too, whether our fears could be getting in the way of conserving biodiversity, and responding to the threat of climate change. But do we need to fear invaders? And indeed, can we control them, and do we choose the right targets? Ken Thompson puts forward a fascinating array of narratives to explore what he sees as the crucial question ? why only a minority of introduced species succeed, and why so few of them go on to cause trouble. We have all heard the horror stories of invasives, from Japanese knotweed that puts fear into the heart of gardeners to brown tree snakes that have taken over the island of Guam. He is the author of Where Do Camels Belong The Story and Science.
This is a classic example of the contradictions of 'native' and 'invasive' species, a hot issue right now, as the flip-side of biodiversity. Thompson applies these fluctuating criteria to the camel, a species which originated in North America, but became extinct there 8,000 years ago. Ken Thompson was for twenty-five years a lecturer in ecology at the University of Sheffield. They evolved in North America, retain their greatest diversity in South America, and the only remaining wild dromedaries are in Australia. Title: Where do camels belong : the story and science of invasive species Author: Thompson, Ken, 1954-, author ISBN: 9781781251744 Personal Author: Thompson. In the Arab world may seem the obvious answer, but they are relative newcomers there.
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