Australia's botanic gardens weed risk assessment procedure

Plant Protection Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 166-178

  Virtue, J G ^a,e   Spencer, R D ^b   Weiss, J E ^c,e   Reichard, S E ^d  

^a Department of Water Land and Biodiversity Conservation ^*  (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Botanic gardens; Decision tool; Weed risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649110684     PISSN: 08152195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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