Managing dominance of invasive plants in wildlands

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1579-1586

  Denslow, Julie S ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Invasive species; Natural enemies; Species management

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749050434     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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