Integrating herbicide and mechanical control treatments with fire and biological control to manage an invasive wetland shrub, Mimosa pigra

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 615-629

  Paynter, Quentin ^a,c   Flanagan, Grant J ^b,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b North Territ Dept Bus I   (Australia)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d Kangaroo Island Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Disturbance; Fabaceae; Integrated weed management; Plant population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISTURBANCE; HERBICIDE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MECHANICAL CONTROL; PRESCRIBED BURNING; WEED CONTROL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

FABACEAE; MIMOSA; MIMOSA PIGRA;

EID: 3843084951     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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