Influence of herbivory, competition and soil fertility on the abundance of Cirsium arvense in acid grassland

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 321-334

  Edwards, Grant R ^a   Bourdot G W ^b   Crawley, M J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Creeping thistle; Rabbit grazing; Seedling; Shoot; Weed management

Indexed keywords

BIOMANIPULATION; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; WEED CONTROL;

CIRSIUM ARVENSE;

EID: 0034063883     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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