The effectiveness of asulam for bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) control in the United Kingdom: A meta-analysis

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 747-760

  Stewart, Gavin B ^a,b   Pullin, Andrew S ^a,b   Tyler, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Cutting; Herbicide; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DOMESTIC STOCK; META-ANALYTICAL SYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITIES;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

WEED CONTROL;

ASULAM; HERBICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FERN; GRAZING; HERBICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; META-ANALYSIS; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BRACKEN FERN; CATTLE FARMING; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOLLOW UP; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; HERBICIDES; PTERIDIUM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOS; OVIS ARIES; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 35648981047     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0128-7     Document Type: Article

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