Species-based risk assessments for biological invasions: Advances and challenges

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1095-1105

  Kumschick, Sabrina ^a   Richardson, David M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Australian Weed Risk Assessment; Biological invasions; Consequence; Impact; Invasiveness; Invertebrates; Likelihood; Plants; Risk assessment; Vertebrates; WRA

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WEED;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84881609143     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12110     Document Type: Article

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