Roads as corridors for invasive plant species: New evidence from smooth bedstraw (Galium mollugo)

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-100

  Meunier, Genevive ^a   Lavoie, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abandoned agricultural field; park; paving; Quebec; road type; roadside

Indexed keywords

GALIUM; GALIUM MOLLUGO;

EID: 84858772227     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-11-00049.1     Document Type: Article

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