Bioinvasions, bioterrorism, and biosecurity

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 307-314

  Meyerson, Laura A ^a,c   Reaser, Jamie K ^b,c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Ecos Systems Institute   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84920937256     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2003)001[0307:BBAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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