An assessment of stakeholder perceptions and management of noxious alien plants inSpain

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1244-1255

  Andreu, Jara ^a   Vilà, Montserrat ^b   Hulme, Philip E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Ecological impact; Environmental perception; Invasive plants; Mediterranean ecosystems; Protected areas; Spain; Weed

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION; INVASIVE PLANTS; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS; PROTECTED AREAS; SPAIN; WEED;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; MANAGERS; PLANT MANAGEMENT; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; PERCEPTION; PROTECTED AREA; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WEED;

ACACIA; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; ARTICLE; CARPOBROTUS; CORTADERIA SELLOANA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUCALYPTUS; GRASS; PERENNIAL PLANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; SPAIN; SPECIES INVASION; TREE;

CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FIRES; NOXAE; PERCEPTION; PLANTS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; URBANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67349164684     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9280-1     Document Type: Article

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