Calibration of an herbicide ballistic technology (HBT) helicopter platform targeting miconia calvescens in Hawaii

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 292-303

  Leary, James J K ^a   Gooding, Jeremy ^b   Chapman, John ^c   Radford, Adam ^d   Mahnken, Brooke ^d   Cox, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c Kauai Invasive Species Committee   (United States)

^d Hawaii Invasive Species Council Maui Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; Herbicide Ballistic Technology

Indexed keywords

MICONIA; MICONIA CALVESCENS;

EID: 84878716969     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-12-00026.1     Document Type: Article

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