The importance of long-distance dispersal in biodiversity conservation

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-181

  Trakhtenbrot, Ana ^a   Nathan, Ran ^a   Perry, Gad ^b   Richardson, David M ^c,d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Biological invasions; Climate change; Connectivity; Invasive species; Long distance dispersal; Management; Mechanistic models; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT;

EID: 15944375216     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00156.x     Document Type: Review

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