A revised account of initial mute swan (Cygnus olor) introductions to the northeastern United States

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1729-1733

  Teale, Chelsea L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical records; Introduction effort; Mute swan; Newspapers; Propagule pressure

Indexed keywords

CYGNUS OLOR;

EID: 79960062119     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0007-x     Document Type: Note

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