Private forest owners and invasive plants: Risk perception and management

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-389

  Fischer, A Paige ^a   Charnley, Susan ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

forest management policy.; invasive plant mitigation; Nonindustrial private forest owners; ponderosa pine zone

Indexed keywords

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 84866270900     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-12-00005.1     Document Type: Article

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