Part of the solution? Stakeholder awareness, information and engagement in tree health issues

Biological Invasions

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1961-1977

  Marzano, Mariella ^a   Dandy, Norman ^a   Bayliss, Helen R ^b   Porth, Emily ^a   Potter, Clive ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awareness; Communication; Knowledge; Pests; Stakeholders; Tree health

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITIGATION; STAKEHOLDER; TELEVISION; WOOD;

EID: 84930632979     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-015-0850-2     Document Type: Article

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