Impact: Toward a framework for understanding the ecological effects of invaders

Biological Invasions

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-19

  Parker, I M ^a   Simberloff, D ^b   Lonsdale, W M ^c   Goodell, K ^d   Wonham, M ^e   Kareiva, P M ^f   Williamson, M H ^g   Von Holle, B ^b   Moyle, P B ^h   Byers, J E ⁱ   Goldwasser, L ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Abundance; Bioindicators; Fish; Hybridization; Impact; Invasion models; Invasional meltdown; Invasions; Models; Nonindigenous species; Range

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342624758     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010034312781     Document Type: Article

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