Weed control as a rationale for restoration: The example of tallgrass prairie

Ecology and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Blumenthal, Dana M ^a   Jordan, Nicholas R ^a   Svenson, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community invasibility; Invasion; Prairie; Restoration; Succession; Weed competition; Weed control; Weeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879935314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00480-070106     Document Type: Article

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