Review of risk assessment systems of IAS in Europe and introducing the German-Austrian Black List Information System (GABLIS)

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 339-350

  Essl, Franz ^a   Nehring, Stefan ^b   Klingenstein, Frank ^b,c   Milasowszky, Norbert ^d   Nowack, Christelle ^b   Rabitsch, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b Federal Agency for Nature Conservation   (Germany)

^c Federal Ministry for the Environment   (Germany)

^d IFABU   (Austria)

Author keywords

Black List; Fish; Grey List; Impacts; Invasive species; Management; Precautionary approach; Risk assessment; White List

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY; VASCULAR PLANT;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 81255208410     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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