The importance of open data for invasive alien species research, policy and management

Management of Biological Invasions

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 119-125

  Groom, Quentin J ^a   Desmet, Peter ^b   Vanderhoeven, Sonia ^c   Adriaens, Tim ^b  

^a BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c Walloon Center for Agricultural Research   (Belgium)

Author keywords

American bullfrog; Biological observations; Data licensing; Data publication; Lithobates catesbeianus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964807279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19898649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/mbi.2015.6.2.02     Document Type: Article

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