The earliest House Sparrow introductions to North America

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2955-2958

  Moulton, Michael P ^a   Cropper Jr , Wendell P ^a   Avery, Michael L ^b   Moulton, Linda E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b USDA Wildlife Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical records; House Sparrow; Propagule pressure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HISTORICAL RECORD; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; SONGBIRD;

BROOKLYN; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 77955768173     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9692-0     Document Type: Article

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