Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) control with aphthon aspp. Affects seedbank composition and native grass reestablishment

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-132

  Cline, Dean ^a   Juricek, Chelsea ^a   Lym, Rodney G ^a,b   Kirby, Donald R ^a,b  

^a Plant Sciences Department   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Invasive species; Leafy spurge flea beetle; Revegetation

Indexed keywords

ALTICINI; ANDROSACE OCCIDENTALIS; APHTHONA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA; COLEOPTERA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ESULA; JASMINUM; NASSELLA VIRIDULA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 70350092506     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-07-003.1     Document Type: Article

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