Invasive slugs as under-appreciated obstacles to rare plant restoration: Evidence from the Hawaiian Islands

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 245-255

  Joe, Stephanie M ^a   Daehler, Curtis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered plants; Herbivory; Invasive slugs; Mollusk; Pacific Islands; Seedling predation

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; RARITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SLUG; SURVIVAL;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

CLIDEMIA HIRTA; CYANEA SUPERBA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; NESTEGIS SANDWICENSIS; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM CATTLEIANUM;

EID: 38349150303     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9126-9     Document Type: Article

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