Can we use experiments and models in predicting the invasiveness of genetically engineered organisms?

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1670-1675

  Kareiva, Peter ^a   Parker, Ingrid M ^a   Pascual, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0011486851     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265771     Document Type: Article

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