Public and professional views on invasive non-native species - A qualitative social scientific investigation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3089-3097

  Selge, Sebastian ^a,b   Fischer, Anke ^a   van der Wal, René ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien species; Attitudes; Biological invasions; Invasion biology; Public opposition; Public views

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISIBILITY;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 83555174352     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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