The role of road disturbance in the dispersal and spread of Ageratina adenophora along the Dian-Myanmar International Road

Weed Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 282-288

  Dong, S K ^a,b   Cui, B S ^a   Yang, Z F ^a   Liu, S L ^a   Liu, J ^a   Ding, Z K ^a   Zhu, J J ^a   Yao, W K ^a   Wei, G L ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Crofton weed; Environment; Invasive plant; Management; Roadside; Weed control

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SHRUB; SOLID WASTE; WEED CONTROL;

ASIA; CHINA; DIANCHI LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; YUNNAN;

AGERATINA; AGERATINA ADENOPHORA;

EID: 43549097316     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2008.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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