European alien species information network (EASIN): Supporting european policies and scientific research

Management of Biological Invasions

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 147-157

  Katsanevakis, Stelios ^a,b   Deriu, Ivan ^a   D’Amico, Fabio ^a   Nunes, Ana Luísa ^a   Sanchez, Sara Pelaez ^a   Crocetta, Fabio ^a   Arianoutsou, Margarita ^c   Bazos, Ioannis ^c   Christopoulou, Anastasia ^c   Curto, Giovanna ^d   Delipetrou, Pinelopi ^c   Kokkoris, Yannis ^c   Panov, Vadim E ^e   Rabitsch, Wolfgang ^f   Roques, Alain ^g   Scalera, Riccardo ^h   Shirley, Susan M ⁱ   Tricarico, Elena ^j   Vannini, Andrea ^k   Zenetos, Argyro ^l   Zervou, Sevasti ^c   Zikos, Andreas ^c   Cardoso, Ana Cristina ^a   more..

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d Plant Protection Service   (Italy)

^e Regional Euro Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC)   (Finland)

^f ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^g Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

^h IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group   (Italy)

ⁱ OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^l INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

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Author keywords

Biological invasions; EASIN; Europe; Information systems; Invasive alien species

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008649308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19898649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/mbi.2015.6.2.05     Document Type: Article

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