Refining the ecological basis for agent selection in weed biological control

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 251-252

  Raghu, S ^a,b,d   Van Klinken, Rieks D ^a,c  

^a The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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EID: 33748920694     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2006.00546.x     Document Type: Editorial

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