Eradications of invasive alien species in Europe: A review

Issues in Bioinvasion Science: EEI 2003: A Contribution to the Knowledge on Invasive Alien Species

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 127-133

  Genovesi, Piero ^a  

^a National Wildlife Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

animal rights; biological invasions; control; mitigation of impacts; removal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892327974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3870-4_12     Document Type: Chapter

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