Indirect effects of biological control on plant diversity vary across sites in Montana grasslands

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 444-454

  Lesica, Peter ^a   Hanna, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Nature Conservancy   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphthona; Biological control; Euphorbia; Exotic plant; Nature reserve; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GRASSLAND; INTRODUCED SPECIES; WEED CONTROL;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APHTHONA; APHTHONA NIGRISCUTIS; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ESULA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 1842664386     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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