The effects of the herbicide metsulfuron-methyl on litter invertebrate communities in a coastal dune invaded by Chrysanthemoides monilifera spp. rotundata

Weed Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-272

  French, K ^a   Buckley, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bitou bush; Herbicide; Litter invertebrates; Metsulfuron methyl; Non target fauna

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL ZONE; DUNE; HERBICIDE; INVERTEBRATE; LITTER; NONTARGET ORGANISM; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SHRUB; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; UREA; WEED CONTROL;

CHRYSANTHEMOIDES MONILIFERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 43549116586     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2007.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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