Assisted colonization is not a viable conservation strategy

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 248-253

  Ricciardi, Anthony ^a   Simberloff, Daniel ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PLANT; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS;

EID: 64749105695     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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