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Beware the Alligators?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Paul Whalley
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Abstract

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Are we too careless about the dangers of accidental introductions? Were the first Colorado beetles taken seriously? What about insect introductions in the waterweeds that come with tropical fish?

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , April 1980 , pp. 273 - 274
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1980

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