Spreading messages about invasives

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-99

  Rodewald, Amanda D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Ecological trap; Honeysuckle; Invasives; Lonicera

Indexed keywords

AVES; LONICERA;

EID: 83055173033     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00817.x     Document Type: Letter

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