Demography of Salsola australis populations in the agricultural region of South-West Australia

Weed Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-399

  Borger, C P D ^a,b   Scott, J K ^c   Walsh, M ^b   Powles, S B ^b  

^a Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demography; Dispersal; Establishment; Population dynamics; Russian thistle; Seedbank; Survivorship; Tumbleweed; Weed

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVORSHIP; WEED; WHEAT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE GRACE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

SALSOLA; SALSOLA AUSTRALIS; SALSOLA TRAGUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 67651148335     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2009.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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