Invasive temperate species are a threat to tropical island biodiversity

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 732-738

  Meyer, Wallace M ^a   Cowie, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien; Altitude; Biogeographical patterns; Hawaii; Invasion; Land snails; Mollusc

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ELEVATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; NATIVE SPECIES; PATCHINESS; REFUGE; SLUG; SNAIL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

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

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 78149252306     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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