Weeds down under: Invasion of the sub-Antarctic wilderness of Macquarie island

Plant Protection Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 71-72

  Williams, Laura ^a   Kristiansen, Paul ^a   Shaw, Justine ^b   Sindel, Brian ^a   Wilson, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alien; Invasive species; Poa annua; Weed management; World heritage

Indexed keywords

POA ANNUA;

EID: 84961334840     PISSN: 08152195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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