Determining the relationship between invasive alien species density anda country's socio-economic status

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages

  Sharma, Gyan P ^a,b   Esler, Karen J ^a   Blignaut, James N ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Economic development; Gross domestic product; Human development index; Invasion; Management; Road network; Socio economy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORRELATION; DATA SET; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ROAD; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 77951796536     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajs.v106i3/4.113     Document Type: Article

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