The silent invasion of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms. in Italy

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1120-1127

  Brundu, G ^a   Azzella, M M ^b   Blasi, C ^b   Camarda, I ^a   Iberite, M ^b   Celesti Grapow, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

freshwaters; Invasive alien aquatic plants; pathways

Indexed keywords

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 84890794897     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2013.861536     Document Type: Article

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