How big is the global weed patch?

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-178

  Jenkins, Clinton N ^a,b   Pimm, Stuart L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Global change; Invasive species; Landcover; Weeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037937270     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3298581     Document Type: Article

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