The influence of traditional Buddhist wildlife release on biological invasions

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-114

  Liu, Xuan ^a   McGarrity, Monica E ^b   Li, Yiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Establishment; Lithobates catesbianus; Prevention; Religion; Wildlife release

Indexed keywords

LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 84859588692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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