Principles and practices for managing rangeland invasive plants

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 502-517

  Masters, Robert A ^a   Sheley, Roger L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Alien plants; Biological control; Herbicides; Integrated weed management; Native plants; Noxious weed; Renovation; Restoration; Revegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037797875     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003579     Document Type: Article

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