The Impact of Invasive Alien Species on Ecosystem Services and Human Well-being

Bioinvasions and Globalization: Ecology, Economics, Management, and Policy

Volumn 9780199560158, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pejchar, Liba ^a   Mooney, Harold ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Invasive species; Invasive species management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920067237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199560158.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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