Invasive aliens on tropical East Asian islands

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 411-423

  Corlett, Richard T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conservation; Exotics; Hong Kong; Invasive species; Island biogeography; Singapore; Tropical Asia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAMMAL; PLANT PRODUCT; POPULATION DENSITY; SNAKE; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL REGION;

BONIN ISLANDS; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 76649120214     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9624-4     Document Type: Article

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