Modelling the dynamics of feral alfalfa populations and its management implications

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar V ^a,d   Begg, Graham S ^b   Gulden, Robert H ^a   van Acker, Rene C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODEL; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING; SIMULATION; SPECIES HABITAT;

AGRICULTURE; MANITOBA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84863104680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039440     Document Type: Article

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