Economics of herbicide control of leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.)

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 381-395

  Bangsund, Dean A ^a   Leitch, Jay A ^a   Leistritz, F Larry ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioeconomic simulation; Economics; Herbicides; Leafy spurge; Range management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001726731     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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