Global threats from invasive alien species in the twenty-first century and national response capacities

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Early, Regan ^a   Bradley, Bethany A ^b   Dukes, Jeffrey S ^c,d   Lawler, Joshua J ^e   Olden, Julian D ^e   Blumenthal, Dana M ^f   Gonzalez, Patrick ^g,h   Grosholz, Edwin D ⁱ   Ibañez, Ines ^j   Miller, Luke P ^k   Sorte, Cascade J B ^l   Tatem, Andrew J ^m,n,o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^o FLOWMINDER FOUNDATION   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GLOBALIZATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND SURFACE; NATIONAL PLANNING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AVIATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PLANT; POVERTY; SPECIES INVASION; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INTERNATIONALITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

EID: 84984696184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12485     Document Type: Article

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