Leafy spurge suppression by flea beetles in the Little Missouri drainage Basin, USA

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-443

  Samuel, Luke W ^a   Kirby, Donald R ^a   Norland, Jack E ^a   Anderson, Gerald L ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphthona spp.; Biological control; Introduced species; Invasive weed; Little Missouri River drainage basin

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVERGREEN TREE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ALTICINI; APHTHONA; COLEOPTERA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ESULA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 62149091036     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/06-127.1     Document Type: Article

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