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Science 3 April 2009:
Vol. 324. no. 5923, pp. 40 - 41
DOI: 10.1126/science.1171111
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Policy Forum

ECOLOGY:
Will Threat of Biological Invasions Unite the European Union?

Philip E. Hulme,1* Petr Pyšek,2 Wolfgang Nentwig,3 Montserrat Vilà4

New data on the extent of biological invasions pose major regulatory and political challenges to European institutions.

1The Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Post Office Box 84, Canterbury, New Zealand.

2Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-252 43 Prühonice, and Department of Ecology, Charles University, CZ-128 01 Vinicná 7, Prague, Czech Republic.

3Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.

4Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Avinguda Américo Vespucio, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain.

*Author for correspondence: philip.hulme{at}lincoln.ac.nz

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