Long-term management of an invasive plant: Lessons from seven years of phragmites australis control

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 19, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 6, 2012, Pages 181-193

  Lombard, Karen B ^a   Tomassi, Dena ^a,b   Ebersole, John ^c  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b Biology Department ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84859702719     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.019.s614     Document Type: Conference Paper

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