Invasive species in Europe: Ecology, status, and policy

Environmental Sciences Europe

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Keller, Reuben P ^a   Geist, Juergen ^b   Jeschke, Jonathan M ^b   Kühn, Lngolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alien species; Biodiversity conservation; Biological invasions; Biotic resistance; Impacts of invasive species; Management; Pathways; Policy; Tens rule; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 79960588619     PISSN: 21904707     EISSN: 21904715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2190-4715-23-23     Document Type: Review

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