Neither the public nor experts judge species primarily on their origins

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 349-355

  Van Der Wal, René ^a   Fischer, Anke ^b   Selge, Sebastian ^a,b,c   Larson, Brendon M H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

attitudes; impact on economy; impact on nature; invasive species; management; non native; origin; professionals; public

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

ATTITUDES; IMPACT ON ECONOMY; IMPACT ON NATURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NON-NATIVE; ORIGIN; PROFESSIONALS; PUBLIC;

CONSERVATION;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIVE SPECIES; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CANADA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84949313525     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892915000053     Document Type: Article

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