Should biological invasions be managed as natural disasters?

BioScience

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 312-317

  Ricciardi, Anthony ^a   Palmer, Michelle E ^b   Yan, Norman D ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

biosecurity; disaster management; invasive species; rapid response; risk reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953861309     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.4.11     Document Type: Article

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