Is Great Britain heading for a Ponto-Caspian invasional meltdown?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-49

  Gallardo, Belinda ^a,b   Aldridge, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

maxent; Biosecurity; Human influence index; Invasion lag; Invasional meltdown; Quagga mussel; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PRIORITIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

DIKEROGAMMARUS VILLOSUS; DREISSENA BUGENSIS; ECHINOGAMMARUS ISCHNUS; HAEMOBAPHES; HEMIMYSIS ANOMALA; HYPANIA INVALIDA; JAERA ISTRI; LIMNOMYSIS BENEDENI;

EID: 84921482079     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12348     Document Type: Article

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