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Biological Control Agents: Can They Tell Us Anything About the Establishment of Unwanted Alien Species?

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Biological Invasions in New Zealand

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  1. Landcare Research, P.O. Box 69, Lincoln, 8152, New Zealand

    S. V. Fowler

  2. Ecological Genetics Laboratory, Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand

    H. M. Harman

  3. School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UG, UK

    R. Norris

  4. Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand

    D. Ward

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    Robert B. Allen

  2. Landcare Research, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand

    William G. Lee

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Fowler, S.V., Harman, H.M., Norris, R., Ward, D. (2006). Biological Control Agents: Can They Tell Us Anything About the Establishment of Unwanted Alien Species?. In: Allen, R.B., Lee, W.G. (eds) Biological Invasions in New Zealand. Ecological Studies, vol 186. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30023-6_10

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