Herbicide application as a habitat restoration tool: Impact on native island plant communities

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 650-660

  Kaiser Bunbury, Christopher N ^a,b   Mougal, James ^c   Valentin, Terence ^c   Gabriel, Ronny ^c   Blüthgen, Nico ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Seychelles National Parks Authority   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Evidence based conservation; Habitat restoration; Invasive alien plants; Non target effects; Physical and chemical plant control; Picloram; Seychelles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941191529     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12183     Document Type: Article

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