Impacts of invasive species on ecosystem services: The case of the signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus)

Environmental Law and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 250-259

  Everard, Mark ^a   Gray, Janina ^b   Wilkins Kindemba, Victoria ^c   Cowx, Ian G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Salmon and Trout Association   (United Kingdom)

^c Buglife: the Invertebrate Conservation Trust   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOTURBATION; CRAYFISH; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; SALMONID; SHELTER;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; BARBATULA BARBATULA; COTTUS GOBIO; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77949369225     PISSN: 10676058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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