A risk-assessment system for screening out invasive pest plants from Hawaii and other Pacific Islands

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 360-368

  Daehler, Curtis C ^a   Denslow, Julie S ^b   Ansari, Shahin ^a   Kuo, Huang Chi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Inst of Pacific Islands Forestry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; MONITORING; PLANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WEED CONTROL;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842664415     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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