Invasive species control: Understanding conflicts between researchers and the general community

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 400-406

  Shine, Richard ^a   Doody, J Sean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; TOAD; TRAPPING;

AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS;

EID: 80052480504     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/100090     Document Type: Article

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