Management of the invasive hill raspberry (Rubus niveus) on santiago Island, galapagos: Eradication or indefinite control?

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-46

  Renteria, Jorge Luis ^a   Gardener, Mark R ^b   Panetta, F Dane ^c   Crawley, Mick J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

delimitation; Eradication; extirpation; invasive; weed

Indexed keywords

RUBUS; RUBUS GLAUCUS; RUBUS NIVEUS;

EID: 84858774084     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-11-00043.1     Document Type: Article

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