The invasive species assessment protocols a tool for creating regional and national lists of invasive nonnative plants that negatively impact biodiversity

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-49

  Randall, John M ^a   Morse, Larry E ^b,d   Benton, Nancy ^b   Hiebert, Ron ^c   Lu, Stephanie ^b,e   Killeffer, Terri ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATURESERVE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LEM Natural Diversity   (United States)

^e THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^f Information International Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Impacts; Invasive species; Nonnative plants; Ranking

Indexed keywords

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 70349819057     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-07-020.1     Document Type: Article

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