Decline of spotted knapweed density at two sites in western Montana with large populations of the introduced root weevil, Cyphocleonus achates (Fahraeus)

Biological Control

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-232

  Story, J M ^a   Callan, N W ^a   Corn, J G ^a   White, L J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent population growth; Agent spread; Biological control; Bromus tectorum; Centaurea biebersteinii; Centaurea maculosa; Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos; Cyphocleonus achates; Post release impact evaluation; Spotted knapweed

Indexed keywords

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA BIEBERSTEINII; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; CENTAUREA STOEBE SUBSP. MICRANTHOS; CYPHOCLEONUS ACHATES; DESCURAINIA SOPHIA;

EID: 33744507082     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.12.018     Document Type: Article

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