Biological control of invasive aquatic and wetland plants by arthropods: A meta-analysis of data from the last three decades

BioControl

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-116

  Reeves, Justin L ^a,b   Lorch, Patrick D ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Biological control; Insect; Meta analysis; Plant; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; ARTHROPOD; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HETEROGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; META-ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSECT; WETLAND;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84855993874     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-011-9393-3     Document Type: Article

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