How many and what kind of agents for the biological control of weeds: A case study with diffuse knapweed

Biological Control: A Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 70-79

  Myers, Judith H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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