Potential economic damage from introduction of Brown Tree Snakes, Boiga irregularis (Reptilia: Colubridae), to the Islands of Hawai'i

Pacific Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Shwiff, Stephanie A ^a   Gebhardt, Karen ^a   Kirkpatrick, Katy N ^a   Shwiff, Steven S ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAMAGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POLICY MAKING; SNAKE; TRANSLOCATION;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

BOIGA IRREGULARIS; COLUBRIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 77952650716     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: 15346188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/64.1.001     Document Type: Article

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