Biological invasions: What's worth fighting and what can be won?

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-121

  Simberloff, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Eradication; Herbicide; Invasion debt; Maintenance management; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDES; MAINTENANCE; PESTICIDES;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ERADICATION; INTENSIVE RESEARCH; INTRODUCED POPULATIONS; INVASION DEBT; MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

ECOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CHEMICAL CONTROL; FIGHTING; HERBICIDE; MECHANICAL CONTROL; PARASITISM; PREDATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; DEBT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PESTICIDE APPLICATION;

EID: 84895765209     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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