Are the ecological impacts of alien species misrepresented? A review of the "native good, alien bad" philosophy

Community Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-21

  Goodenough, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contemporary evolution; Facilitative interactions; Non native species; Species introductions; Translocations

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOTIC FACTOR; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FACILITATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; TRANSLOCATION;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 77953846483     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.11.2010.1.3     Document Type: Article

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