Weeds of Australian rangelands

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-26

  Martin, Tara G ^a,b   Campbell, Shane ^c,d   Grounds, Simone ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^d The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity impact; Exotic; Management; Non native; Pastoral

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 33744727665     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ06017     Document Type: Review

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