Comparative studies on the competitive abilities of an exotic, Parthenium hysterophorus L., with co-existing species to determine the impacts of its invasion

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2365-2372

  Vehra, Seemal ^a   Khan, Amin U ^a  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; KOCHIA INDICA; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS;

EID: 84874426466     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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