A reassessment of historical records of avian introductions to Australia: No case for propagule pressure

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-174

  Moulton, Michael P ^a   Cropper Jr , Wendell P ^a   Moulton, Linda E ^a   Avery, Michael L ^b   Peacock, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Natural Resources Management Biosecurity Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Historical records; Introduced birds; Propagule pressure

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; PASSERINE; PROPAGULE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 83555177294     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0173-2     Document Type: Article

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