Beating back biofuel crop invasions: Guidelines on managing the invasive risk of biofuel developments

Renewable Energy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 263-266

  McCormick, Nadine ^a   Howard, Geoffrey ^b  

^a IUCN   (Switzerland)

^b Invasive Species Initiative   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Invasive species; Precautionary approaches

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECISION MAKERS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH;

CROPS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BIOFUELS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOFUEL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECISION MAKING; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONITORING; NATIVE SPECIES; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84866551364     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.01.018     Document Type: Article

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