Estimating the benefit of early control of all newly naturalised plants

Science for Conservation

Volumn , Issue 292, 2009, Pages 1-25

  Harris, Simon ^a   Timmins, Susan M ^b  

^a Harris Consulting   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benefit analysis; Control; Early intervention; Environmental weeds; Weed control costs

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; NATURALIZATION; WEED CONTROL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 67649491396     PISSN: 11732946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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