Alien invertebrate animals in South Africa

Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 267-282

  Lach, Lori ^a   Picker, M D ^b   Colville, J F ^b   Allsopp, M H ^c   Griffiths, C L ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

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EID: 80052470233     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420041668-25     Document Type: Chapter

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