Policy and management responses to earthworm invasions in North America

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1317-1329

  Callaham Jr , Mac A ^a   González, Grizelle ^b   Hale, Cynthia M ^c   Heneghan, Liam ^d   Lachnicht, Sharon L ^e   Zou, Xiaoming ^f  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^d DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Biological invasion; Earthworms; Exotics; Glossoscolecidae; Introduced species; Lumbricidae; Megascolecidae; Quarantine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; EARTHWORM; IMPORT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; REGULATORY APPROACH;

NORTH AMERICA;

GLOSSOSCOLECIDAE; LUMBRICIDAE; MEGASCOLECIDAE;

EID: 33750146978     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9016-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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