Reducing contention amongst organisations dealing with commercially valuable but invasive plants: The case of buffel grass

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1205-1218

  Friedel, M H ^a   Grice, A C ^a   Marshall, N A ^a   van Klinken, R D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buffel grass; Cenchrus ciliaris; Conflict resolution; Facilitated workshop; Invasive alien plants; Organisational perceptions; Policy development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUFFEL GRASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GRASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGELAND; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CENCHRUS CILIARIS; PENNISETUM CILIARE;

EID: 82655173856     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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