Rethinking exotic plants: Using citizen observations in a restoration proposal for Kings Bay, Florida

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-210

  Evans, Jason M ^a   Wilkie, Ann C ^b   Burkhardt, Jeffrey ^b   Haynes, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Alternative stable states; Ecological restoration; Eurasian milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum); Florida; Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata); Invasive species; Local knowledge; Lyngbya wollei; Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; CITRUS; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA WOLLEI; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; TRICHECHUS MANATUS;

EID: 34848898449     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.25.3.199     Document Type: Review

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