Alien invasions, ecological restoration in cities and the loss of ecological memory

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-176

  Schaefer, Valentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological memory; Invasive species; Urban restoration

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 62349138475     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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