Clarifying debates in invasion biology: A survey of invasion biologists

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 893-898

  Young, Ashley M ^a   Larson, Brendon M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Communication; Debate; Invasion biologists; Invasive species; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATIVE SPECIES; TERMINOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES INVASION;

BIODIVERSITY; DATA COLLECTION; ECOLOGY; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 80053259441     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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