Invading with biological weapons: The importance of disease-mediated invasions

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1249-1261

  Strauss, Alex ^a   White, Andy ^b   Boots, Mike ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Conservation; Disease mediated invasions; Enemy alliance; Extinctions; Invasive species; Modelling parasites; Replacement; Spillback; Spillover

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WEAPON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENEMY RELEASE HYPOTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXTINCTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVASIVENESS; INVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; RODENT; VERTEBRATE; VIRULENCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84869857989     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12011     Document Type: Review

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