A proposed conservation weed risk assessment system for the New Zealand border

Science for Conservation

Volumn , Issue 208, 2002, Pages 5-37

  Williams, Peter A ^a   Wilton, Aaron ^b   Spencer, Nick ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Conservation; Plant introductions; Weed risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEED;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0036929149     PISSN: 11732946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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