Roadside weeds of the Snowy Mountains, Australia

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-367

  Pickering, Catherine ^a   Hill, Wendy ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Disturbance; Exotics; Impacts of tourism; Snowy Mountains; Weeds

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; MOUNTAIN REGION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; WEED;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ALPS; SNOWY MOUNTAINS;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; HYPOCHAERIS RADICATA; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSELLA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 37749031832     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.0805     Document Type: Article

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