Economics of cattail (Typha spp.) control to reduce blackbird damage to sunflower

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-149

  Leitch, J A ^a   Linz, G M ^b   Baltezore, J F ^c  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c St Paul Bank for Cooperatives   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackbirds; Cattail (Typha spp.) control; Economics; Glyphosate; Sunflower damage

Indexed keywords

BLACKBIRD; CATTAIL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PEST CONTROL; SUNFLOWER;

ASTERACEAE; HELIANTHUS; TURDUS MERULA; TYPHA; TYPHACEAE;

EID: 0030658843     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(97)00061-3     Document Type: Article

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