Success and safety in the biological control of environmental weeds in New Zealand

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 553-562

  Fowler, Simon V ^a   Syrett, Pauline ^b   Hill, Richard L ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Richard Hill and Associates   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alien weeds in natural ecosystems; Establishment rate; Risk of biological weed control; Success rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001745011     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00060.x     Document Type: Article

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