Can we control leafy spurge? Adaptive management and the recovery of native vegetation

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 145-150

  Cornett, Meredith W ^a   Bauman, Peter J ^a   Breyfogle, David D ^b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Apthona spp.; Biocontrol; Capra hircus; Domestic goat; Domestic sheep; Euphorbia esula; Flea beetles; Grazing; Invasive species; Leafy spurge; Ovis aries

Indexed keywords

ALTICINI; CAPRA HIRCUS; COLEOPTERA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ESULA; OVIS ARIES; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748079139     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.24.3.145     Document Type: Article

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