Concerns regarding the scientific evidence informing impact risk assessment and management recommendations for invasive birds

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2112-2118

  Strubbe, Diederik ^a   Shwartz, Assaf ^b   Chiron, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Eradication; Impact; Invasive; Ranking

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIRD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PRIORITIZATION; RESEARCH WORK; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 79958097027     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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