Chapter 1 Introduction: Historical Perspectives on Bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Region

Chapter 2 Mare Nostrum, Mare Quod Invaditur— The History of Bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea

Chapter 3 The Apparently Relentless Spread of the Major Decapod Alien Species in the Mediterranean Basin and European Inland Waters

Chapter 4 Scourge in the Mediterranean. Policies Against the Argentine Ant in the First Half of the 20th Century

Chapter 5 Herpetological History of the Balearic Islands: When Aliens Conquered These Islands and What to Do Next

Chapter 7 Ecologically Benign Invasions: The Invasion and Adaptation of Common Waxbills (Estrilda astrild) in Iberia

Chapter 8 Cordgrass Invasions in Mediterranean Marshes: Past, Present and Future

Chapter 9 The Forest on the Peninsula: Impacts, Uses and Perceptions of a Colonial Legacy in Cyprus

Chapter 10 The Long and Entangled History of Humans and Invasive Introduced Plants on South Africa’s Cape Peninsula