Assessment of management options for Salsola australis in south-west Australia by transition matrix modelling

Weed Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 400-408

  Borger, C P D ^a,b   Scott, J K ^c   Renton, M ^b   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

Management; Model; Population growth rate; Russian thistle; Seed dispersal; Seedbank; Tumbleweed; Weed control

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BURNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POPULATION GROWTH; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; WEED CONTROL; ZOOXANTHELLA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE GRACE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

SALSOLA; SALSOLA AUSTRALIS; SALSOLA TRAGUS;

EID: 67651174656     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2009.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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