Broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae): Toxicology, ecology, control, and management

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-132

  Ralphs, Michael H ^c   McDaniel, Kirk C ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Invasive weed; poisonous plant; population cycles; seed ecology; state and transition model

Indexed keywords

GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE; POACEAE;

EID: 79953794356     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-09-00038.1     Document Type: Article

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