Using a habitat model to assess the risk of invasion by an exotic plant

Biological Conservation

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-208

  Zalba, Sergio M ^a   Sonaglioni, Mónica I ^a   Compagnoni, Cecilia A ^a   Belenguer, Carolina J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Atriplex nummularia; Estuaries; Exotic species; Halophytes

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARGENTINA;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX NUMMULARIA;

EID: 0034055747     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00146-9     Document Type: Article

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