The effectiveness of management interventions used to control ragwort species

Environmental Management

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 691-706

  Roberts, P D ^a   Pullin, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Longitarsus jacobaeae; Meta analysis; Senecio; Systematic review; Tansy; Tyria jacobaeae

Indexed keywords

LONGITARSUS JACOBAEAE; META ANALYSIS; SENECIO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANSY; TYRIA JACOBAEAE;

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HERBICIDE;

ANGIOSPERM; HERBICIDE; MECHANICAL CONTROL; META-ANALYSIS; NATURAL ENEMY; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; LIVESTOCK; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SENECIO;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HERBICIDES; MOTHS; PLANTS, TOXIC; SENECIO;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

LONGITARSUS JACOBAEAE; SENECIO; SENECIO AQUATICUS; SENECIO JACOBAEA; TANACETUM VULGARE; TYRIA JACOBAEAE;

EID: 34247350388     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0039-7     Document Type: Review

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