Toward consensus-based actions that balance invasive plant management and conservation of at-risk fauna

Environmental Management

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1313-1319

  Litvaitis, John A ^a   Norment, Jeffrey L ^b   Boland, Kelly ^c   O'Brien, Kate ^c   Stevens, Rachel ^d,e   Keirstead, Donald ^b   Lee, Thomas ^a   Oehler, James D ^f   Taylor, Jeffery M ^g   Bickford, Susan ^h   Tarr, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^d Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

^e New Hampshire Fish and Game Department   (United States)

^f New Hampshire Fish and Game Department   (United States)

^g Vegetation Control Service   (United States)

^h Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive shrubs; Shrublands; Sylvilagus transitionalis; Thickets

Indexed keywords

INVASIVE PLANTS; INVASIVE SHRUB; MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATIONS; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SHRUBLANDS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SYLVILAGUS TRANSITIONALIS; THICKETS;

ANIMALS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FAUNA; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAGOMORPH; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SURVIVAL;

CONSENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAUNA; HABITAT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES INVASION; SYLVILAGUS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CONSUMER; DECISION TREE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISPERSAL; PROCEDURES; RABBIT; TRENDS;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; SYLVILAGUS TRANSITIONALIS;

ANIMALS; CONSENSUS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION TREES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NEW ENGLAND; PLANT DISPERSAL; RABBITS;

EID: 84889883601     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0157-y     Document Type: Review

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