Economic framework for decision making in biological control

Biological Control

Volumn 35, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 348-357

  Jetter, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Centaurea solstitialis; Cost benefit; Uncertainty; Yellow starthistle

Indexed keywords

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS;

EID: 27744577105     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.07.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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