Invasive Species
Invasive Species, also called introduced species, alien species, or exotic species, any nonnative species that significantly modifies or disrupts the ecosystems it colonizes. Such species may arrive in new areas through natural migration, but they are often introduced by the activities of other species. Human activities, such as those involved in global commerce and the pet trade, are considered to be the most common ways invasive plants, animals, microbes, and other organisms are transported to new habitats.
â–ºThis course guide serves as a research starting point for students enrolled in BIO 376. This guide not intended to be comprehensive, but contains information on selected resources in the Centre College Library, as well as links to materials that are available elsewhere.
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Reference Sources
- List of Books from the Library Catalogsu:(invasive species) AND kw:(reference)
Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2011This encyclopedia illuminates biological invasions, or organisms that come to live in the wrong place. Written by leading scientists from around the world, Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions addresses all aspects of this subject at a global level--including invasions by animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria--in succinct, alphabetically arranged articles.- United States Department of the Interior, Invasive Species Strategic Plan, 2021 - 2025 byCall Number: eBookPublication Date: 2021Invasive Species strategic plan for the United States
Related Research Guides
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- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text and abstracts to over 2,500 journals published by Elsevier and its affiliates. ScienceDirect includes extensive coverage in science, engineering and medicine, plus many core journals in business, social sciences and humanities.
- Agricola This link opens in a new windowCitations to materials acquired by the National Agricultural Library and cooperating institutions. Provides worldwide coverage of the agricultural literature, including economics, engineering, home economics, animal science, human nutrition, entomology, plant diseases, rural sociology, forestry, and veterinary medicine.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowAn online database of citations to biomedical and other life science literature, created by the US National Library of Medicine. Its largest component is the MEDLINE bibliographical database. PubMed Central is a digital archive of literature drawn from biomedical and life science journals and linked to the PubMed database.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science provides access to the world's leading citation databases in the Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities, covering approximately 12,000 of the highest impact journals, as well as 160,000 conference proceedings. Centre has access to coverage from 1999 to present.
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- Invasive Species JournalsA list of e-journals covering invasive species available to Centre College users. Note: These are not peer-reviewed journals.
- Annual Review of Plant Biology This link opens in a new windowSynthesizes and covers significant developments in the field of plant biology in one annual volume. Search or browse. Full-text access from 2002 to present.
- Annual Review of Microbiology This link opens in a new windowSynthesizes and covers significant developments in the field of microbiology in one annual volume. Search or browse. Full-text access from 1996 to present.
Web Resources
- National Invasive Species Information CenterProvides lists and information for species declared invasive, noxious, prohibited, or otherwise harmful or potentially harmful. Information is organized by geographical location, covering the U.S
- National Wildlife FederationThe National Wildlife Federation, America's largest and most trusted conservation organization, works across the country to unite Americans from all walks of life in giving wildlife a voice.
- U.S. Forest ServiceThe Forest Service is a recognized leader in invasive species ecology, management, and research in the United States and internationally.
- U.S. Geological SurveyUSGS invasive species research encompasses all significant groups of invasive organisms in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems throughout the United States, directly supporting risk assessment, prevention, early detection, rapid response, monitoring, and control efforts.
- Invasive.orgCenter for invasive species and ecosystem health
Primary Sources
Primary sources are your evidence to support your claims, thesis or hypothesis.
-A historian might claim, "During World War II, private citizens were encouraged to demonstrate their patriotism by cultivating Victory Gardens."
-A political scientist might claim, "Early voting opportunities positively impact voter turn-out."
-A scientist might hypothesize, "Micro-plastics negatively impact human health by increasing inflammatory response in key organs."
If they make these claims, critical thinkers expect them to provide evidence to back them up.
-The historian would need, perhaps, a government pamphlet, distributed during World War II, that linked patriotism and Victory Gardens.
-The political scientist would need statistics comparing voter turn-out in a region when early voting is and is not available.
-The scientist would need data gathered from an experiment demonstrating how micro-plastics impact the inflammatory response.
Pamphlets, statistics gathered through surveys or observation, and experimental data are all types of primary sources for various disciplines.
Invasive Species Books
Nature Out of Balance by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2021Profiles all-star invasive species around the world, starting in her own neighbourhood, and warns that humans are the most invasive species of all. We find out how and why species become invasive, what we can do to stop their spread and whether it's time to think differently about invasive species that are here to stay.
Electronic Resources/Reference and Instruction Librarian
Literature Review
What is a literature review? A guide or an overview to a particular topic. Literature Reviews collect the most relevant and significant publications in order to provide a comprehensive look at what has been said on a topic and who has said it.
The Value of Literature Reviews
Traces- the progression of a topic or field
Evaluates- the sources and advise on most pertinent and relevant information
Reflects- upon the importance of the literature on current or future research
Synthesizes- the ways to look conceptually at past studies in a manner that does more than just reports upon them
How does one write a literature view?
- Research a topic
- Focus on aspects from your sources that connect
- Find common themes among all sources
- Summarize and synthesize the themes, arguments, data, and ideas from the sources
- Use your own words,as well as your own conceptual diagrams and figures, to convey your organizing principles
In this course, it is particularly important for students to examine primary literature for their assignments
- Tips for Writing Literature Reviewsfrom UNC writing center