Control of invasive plants: Ecological and socioeconomic criteria for the decision making process

Natureza a Conservacao

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-30

  Durigan, Giselda ^a   Ivanauskas, Natalia M ^b   Zakia, Maria J B ^c   de Abreu, Rodolfo C R ^d  

^a Floresta Estadual de Assis   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Florestal   (Brazil)

^c Universidade de São Paulo USP ^*  (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Impact evaluation; Invasion status; Management; Species categorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889608961     PISSN: 16790073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4322/natcon.2013.003     Document Type: Article

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