Global indicators of biological invasion: Species numbers, biodiversity impact and policy responses

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-108

  McGeoch, Melodie A ^a   Butchart, Stuart H M ^b   Spear, Dian ^c   Marais, Elrike ^c   Kleynhans, Elizabeth J ^c   Symes, Andy ^a   Chanson, Janice ^d   Hoffmann, Michael ^e,f  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^b BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d IUCN/SSC   (Australia)

^e CI/CABS Biodiversity Assessment Unit   (United States)

^f IUCN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Convention on Biological Diversity 2010 Biodiversity Target; Environmental legislation; Invasive alien species; Red List Index; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INVASIVE SPECIES; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RED LIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 74549115840     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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