Developing thresholds of potential concern for invasive alien species: Hypotheses and concepts

Koedoe

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Foxcroft, Llewellyn C ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Control; Exotic species; Objectives hierarchy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION STATUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 68049088667     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v51i1.157     Document Type: Article

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