Invasions of Puerto Rican wetlands by the Australian tree Melaleuca quinquenervia

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-54

  Pratt, Paul D ^a   Quevedo, Vicente ^b   Bernier, Lourdes ^b   Sustache, Jose ^b   Center, Ted D ^a  

^a INVASIVE PLANT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotypes; Control strategies; Invasive plants; Naturalized populations

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA;

EID: 18744388288     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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