Scientific Opinion on the environmental risk assessment of the apple snail for the EU

EFSA Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

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Author keywords

apple snail; biodiversity components; ecosystem services; ecosystem traits; environmental risk assessment; Pomacea spp; scenario analysis

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EID: 85072851472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3641     Document Type: Article

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