Evaluation of a bracken (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) growth model in predicting the effects of control strategies across a range of climatic zones in Great Britain

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 305-318

  Paterson, S ^a,c   Pakeman, R J ^b   Marrs, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bracken; Climate; Control; Model

Indexed keywords

BRACKEN; BRACON; GROWTH MODEL; WEED MANAGEMENT;

UK;

BRACON; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 0030773304     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1997.tb06834.x     Document Type: Article

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