China's booming economy is sparking and accelerating biological invasions

BioScience

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-324

  Ding, Jianqing ^a   Mack, Richard N ^b   Lu, Ping ^c   Ren, Mingxun ^a   Huang, Hongwen ^d  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Ageratina adenophora; Eichhornia crassipes; Emerald ash borer; International trade; Three Gorges Dam

Indexed keywords

AGERATINA; AGERATINA ADENOPHORA; AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS; AGROMYZIDAE; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HYPHANTRIA CUNEA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 43749097434     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B580407     Document Type: Review

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