Seven decades of institutional learning: Managing alien plant invasions in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

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Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-167

  Foxcroft, Llewellyn C ^a   Freitag Ronaldson, Stefanie ^a  

^a KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological control; Chemical control; Institutional memory; Invasive alien plants; Kruger National Park; Mechanical control; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEARNING; MECHANICAL CONTROL; PLANT;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 34547487338     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307001871     Document Type: Review

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