Control of Pteridium aquilinum: Meta-analysis of a multi-site study in the UK

Annals of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 957-970

  Stewart, Gavin ^a   Cox, Emma ^b   Le Duc, Mike ^b   Pakeman, Robin ^c   Pullin, Andrew ^a   Marrs, Rob ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bracken; Control; Herbicide; Litter dynamics; Meta analysis; Pteridium aquilinum; Species diversity; Weed

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERN; HERBICIDE; HETEROGENEITY; META-ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEED CONTROL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

HERBICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACKEN FERN; DRUG EFFECT; ECOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; ECOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; HERBICIDES; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PTERIDIUM;

EID: 48249133584     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn020     Document Type: Article

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