Friends or foe? Invasive species and public green space in Toronto

Geographical Review

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 178-198

  Foster, Jennifer ^a   Sandberg, L Anders ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Invasive species; Public spaces; Toronto

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; INVASIVE SPECIES; SOCIAL IMPACT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TORONTO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23044454795     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2004.tb00166.x     Document Type: Article

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