Accelerating rates of freshwater invasions in the catchment of the River Thames

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 945-951

  Jackson, Michelle C ^a,b   Grey, Jonathan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Freshwater; Globalisation; Invasion rates; Multiple invasions; River Thames catchment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CATCHMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVENESS; POPULATION SIZE; SYMPATRY;

ENGLAND; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876066297     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0343-5     Document Type: Article

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