The external costs of pasture weed spread: An economic assessment of serrated tussock control

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-103

  Jones, R E ^a   Vere, D T ^a   Campbell, M H ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; External costs; Stochastic simulation; Weed spread

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PASTURE; WEED CONTROL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033966861     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(99)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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