Managing biological invasions: Charting courses to desirable futures in the Cape Floristic Region

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-320

  Roura Pascual, Núria ^a,d   Richardson, David M ^a   Chapman, R Arthur ^b,c   Hichert, Tanja ^a   Krug, Rainer M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c OneWorld Sustainable Investments   (South Africa)

^d Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Cape Floristic Region; Fynbos; Invasive alien plant species; Management strategies; Scenario planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958037612     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0133-5     Document Type: Article

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