Promise and challenges of risk assessment as an approach for preventing the arrival of harmful alien species

Background: Harmful alien species impose a growing environmental, economic and human well-being burden around the globe. A promising way to reduce the arrival of new species that may become harmful is to utilise pre-border risk assessment (RA) tools that relate the traits of introduced species to wh...

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Main Authors: Reuben P. Keller, Sabrina Kumschick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: South African National Biodiversity Institut 2017-03-01
Series:Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation
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Online Access:https://abcjournal.org/index.php/abc/article/view/2136