Integrating ecological knowledge, public perception and urgency of action into invasive species management

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 878-881

  Caplat, Paul ^a,b   Coutts, Shaun R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Conservation policy; Invasive management; Social integration

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION ACTIONS; CONSERVATION POLICY; ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; EXOTIC SPECIES; INVASIVE MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL INTEGRATION;

ECOLOGY; INTEGRATION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INVASIVE SPECIES; KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICAN LOVEGRASS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY SUPPORT; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXOTIC SPECIES; GAMBA GRASS; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; SOCIETY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80054719157     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9747-8     Document Type: Article

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