Boreal Plant Community Diversity 10 Years after Glyphosate Treatment

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-26

  Boateng, Jacob O ^a   Haeussler, Sybille ^b   Bedford, Lorne ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b RR#2 Site 81 ^*  (Canada)

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EID: 0002454312     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/15.1.15     Document Type: Article

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