Is host-specificity of weed biological control agents likely to evolve rapidly following establishment?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 590-596

  Van Klinken, Rieks Dekker ^a   Edwards, Owain Rhys ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Host range; Host specificity; Rapid evolution; Risk assessment; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST SPECIFICITY; NONTARGET ORGANISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEED;

EID: 0036316132     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00343.x     Document Type: Review

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