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Author Stein, Bruce A.; Flack, Stephanie R.
Title America's least wanted alien species invasions of U.S. ecosystems / [editors, Bruce A. Stein and Stephanie R. Flack ; contributing authors, Nancy B. Benton ... et al.].
Publisher Arlington, Va. : Nature Conservancy
Year c1996
Pages 31 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Notes Cover title.
Notes "A NatureServe publication."
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-29).
Notes Discusses the threat of non-native plants and animals to U.S. species and ecosystems. Highlights twelve alien species (the "dirty dozen"): zebra mussel, purple loosestrife, flathead catfish, tamarisk, rosy wolfsnail, leafy spurge, green crab, hydrilla, balsam wooly adelgid, miconia, Chinese tallow, and brown tree snake.
Languages English
Programme Areas Invasive Alien Species
Keywords Invasive alien species
Organization Nature Conservancy (U.S.).
Location SB990.5 U6A43 1996
Holdings 2
Type Monograph
Category GEN