Estimating the financial costs of freshwater invasive species in Great Britain: A standardized approach to invasive species costing

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 305-319

  Oreska, Matthew P J ^a   Aldridge, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic impacts; Environmental management; Invasive alien species; Nonindigenous species; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROPHYTE; MONOCOTYLEDON; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; ELODEA CANADENSIS;

EID: 78651256352     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9807-7     Document Type: Article

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