The status and implications of alien invasive species in Sri Lanka

Zoos' Print Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 930-935

  Bambaradeniya, Channa N B ^a  

^a IUCN Sri Lanka Country Office   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Alien invasive species; Impacts; Sri Lanka; Status

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036827947     PISSN: 09716378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11609/jott.zpj.17.11.930-5     Document Type: Article

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