Is the social construction of native species a threat to biodiversity?

Ecos

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 3-9

  Townsend, Mike ^a  

^a Woodland Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 30344460973     PISSN: 01439073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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