Effect of biological control on leafy spurge (euphorbia esula) and diversity of associated grasslands over 14 years

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-157

  Lesica, Peter ^a   Hanna, Dave ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Box 225   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphthona nigriscutis; Biocontrol; Grasslands; Montana; Northern Great Plains; Plant Invasion; Restoration; Species diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALTICINI; APHTHONA NIGRISCUTIS; COLEOPTERA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ESULA; HEXAPODA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 70349796676     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-08-128.1     Document Type: Article

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