Wild-bird trade and exotic invasions: A new link of conservation concern?

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 207-211

  Carrete, Martina ^a   Tella, José L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; IMPORT; INVASIVE SPECIES;

AVES;

EID: 43449133275     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/070075     Document Type: Review

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