Invasive species threats to native aquatic insect biodiversity and conservation measures in Hawai'i and French Polynesia

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 415-428

  Englund, Ronald A ^a  

^a BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Austral Islands; Feral ungulates; Introduced fish; Marquesas; Rapa; Simuliidae; Tropical streams; Zygoptera

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INSECT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRAL ISLANDS; FRENCH POLYNESIA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; MARQUESAS ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SIMULIIDAE; UNGULATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 44949211185     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-008-9168-z     Document Type: Article

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