Military training and road effects on imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv. (Cogongrass)

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 695-708

  Yager, Lisa Y ^a   Jones, Jeanne ^b   Miller, Deborah L ^c  

^a Mississippi Museum Natural Science   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPERATA CYLINDRICA;

EID: 73649137192     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/058.008.0411     Document Type: Article

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