The effect of targeted grazing and biological control on yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) in Canyon Grasslands of Idaho

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-320

  Wallace, John M ^a   Wilson, Linda M ^a   Launchbaugh, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Centaurea solstitialis; Integrated weed management; Targeted grazing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; WEED;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS; CURCULIONIDAE; EUSTENOPUS VILLOSUS; HEXAPODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 62149147575     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-031.1     Document Type: Article

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