A.c.a.c.i.a. (a case against controlling introduced acacias)—19 years later

Southern African Forestry Journal

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-44

  Pieterse, P J ^a   Boucher, C ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 0031394319     PISSN: 10295925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10295925.1997.9631166     Document Type: Article

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