Strangers in our midst: The problem of invasive alien species

Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 16-31

  McNeely, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a IUCN The World Conservation Union in Gland ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE CARRIER; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; POLICY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES INVASION;

EID: 3042760835     PISSN: 00139157     EISSN: 19399154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2004.10545159     Document Type: Article

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