The horticultural industry as a vector of alien snails and slugs: Widespread invasions in Hawaii

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-276

  Cowie, Robert H ^a   Hayes, Kenneth A ^a   Tran, Chuong T ^a   Meyer III, Wallace M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastropoda; Horticulture; Invasive species; Land snails and slugs; Nurseries

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HORTICULTURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; NURSERY GROUND; PEST SPECIES; SLUG; SNAIL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 55349143528     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670870802403986     Document Type: Article

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