Floral entrepreneurs: Kudzu as agricultural solution and ecological problem

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-114

  Lowney, Kathleen S ^a   Best, Joel ^b  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032344674     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732173.1998.9982186     Document Type: Article

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