Predictive models of weed population dynamics

Weed Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-232

  Freckleton, R P ^a   Stephens, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Herbicides; Predictive modelling; Stochastic model; Weed control

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HERBICIDE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 65849291498     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2009.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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