Should we care about purple loosestrife? The history of an invasive plant in North America

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1967-1999

  Lavoie, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control; Invasive plant species; Lythrum salicaria; Media; Purple loosestrife; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; RECONSTRUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

LYSIMACHIA; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA;

EID: 77953959146     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9600-7     Document Type: Article

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