Value for money? Investment in weed management in Australian rangelands

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-75

  Martin, Tara G ^a,b   Van Klinken, Rieks D ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid landscapes; Biodiversity conservation; exotic; non native; Pastoral

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 33744722027     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ06015     Document Type: Review

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