The distinctive capacities of plants: Re-thinking difference via invasive species

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 399-413

  Head, Lesley ^a   Atchison, Jennifer ^a   Phillips, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agency; Biosecurity; Cryptostegia grandiflora; Invasive; More than human; Plants

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FERAL ORGANISM; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGISLATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; VINE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSTEGIA GRANDIFLORA; CRYPTOSTEGIA MADAGASCARIENSIS;

EID: 84932198237     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tran.12077     Document Type: Article

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