Naivete and novel perturbations: Conservation of native spiders on an oceanic island system

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 263-272

  Gillespie, R G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Ants; Habitat destruction; Hawaii

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HABITAT LOSS; ISLAND; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPIDER;

UNITED STATES;

ARANEAE;

EID: 0033367552     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009654820519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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