Invasion science for society : a decade of contributions from the Centre for Invasion Biology

CITATION: van Wilgen, B. W., Davies, S. J. & Richardson, D. M. 2014. Invasion science for society : a decade of contributions from the Centre for Invasion Biology. South African Journal of Science, 10(7-8): 1-12, doi: 10.1590/sajs.2014/a0074.

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