Concerns about Novel Ecosystems

Novel Ecosystems: Intervening in the New Ecological World Order

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 296-309

  Standish, Rachel J ^a   Thompson, Allen ^c   Higgs, Eric S ^b   Murphy, Stephen D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecosystem management; Invasive species; Novel ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885797378     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118354186.ch37     Document Type: Chapter

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