Ten year post-fire response of a native ecosystem in the presence of high or low densities of the invasive weed, Asparagus asparagoides

Plant Protection Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-26

  Turner, Peter J ^a,b,c,e   Virtue, John G ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

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

^e OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bridal creeper; Environmental weeds; Soil nutrients; Succession; Weed impacts

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS ASPARAGOIDES; CERTHIIDAE;

EID: 62549104683     PISSN: 08152195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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