A review of allodiversity in Lake Naivasha, Kenya: Developing conservation actions to protect East African lakes from the negative impacts of alien species

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2585-2596

  Gherardi, Francesca ^a   Robert Britton, J ^b   Mavuti, Kenneth M ^c   Pacini, Nic ^d   Grey, Jonathan ^e   Tricarico, Elena ^a   Harper, David M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien species; East Africa; Impacts; Lake Naivasha; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CYPRINID; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY PRODUCTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

KENYA; LAKE NAIVASHA; RIFT VALLEY;

ASTACOIDEA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; LATES NILOTICUS; MYOCASTOR COYPUS; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; TILAPIA;

EID: 80052596188     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.07.020     Document Type: Review

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