Biological control of alligatorweed, alternanthera philoxeroides, the world's first aquatic weed success story

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Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 232-243

  Buckingham, Gary R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

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