Assessing the risk of freshwater fish introductions into the Iberian Peninsula

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2145-2155

  Clavero, Miguel ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Invasive species; Mediterranean streams; Risk analysis; Watch lists

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052963618     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02642.x     Document Type: Article

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