Invasive plant atlas of new England: The role of citizens in the science of invasive alien species detection

BioScience

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 763-770

  Bois, Sarah T ^a   Silander Jr , John A ^a   Mehrhoff, Leslie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

citizen science; invasive species; IPANE; null data; species distribution database

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054680877     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.10.6     Document Type: Review

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