Mixed messages from multiple information sources on invasive species: A case of too much of a good thing?

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1152-1160

  Hulme, Philip E ^a   Weser, Carolin ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicators; Biological invasions; Cyber infrastructure; Database interoperability; Exotic species; Socio economy; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; DATABASE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 80051469480     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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