A pragmatic approach to the management of plant invasions in Galapagos

Plant Invasions in Protected Areas: Patterns, Problems and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 349-374

  Gardener, Mark R ^a,b   Trueman, Mandy ^a,b   Buddenhagen, Chris ^a,c   Heleno, Ruben ^a,d   Jäger, Heinke ^e   Atkinson, Rachel ^a   Tye, Alan ^a  

^a Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecosystem function; Eradication; Islands; Mutualisms; Priorities; Quarantine; Weed risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895726479     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7750-7_16     Document Type: Chapter

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