Invasive plants in the floodplains of Australia’s Kakadu National Park

Plant Invasions in Protected Areas: Patterns, Problems and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 167-189

  Setterfield, Samantha A ^a   Douglas, Michael M ^a   Petty, Aaron M ^a   Bayliss, Peter ^a,b   Ferdinands, Keith B ^a,c   Winderlich, Steve ^d  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Weed Management Branch   (Australia)

^d Kakadu National Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Best practice; Hymenachne amplexicaulis; Kakadu national park; Mimosa pigra; Urochloa mutica

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994568249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7750-7_9     Document Type: Chapter

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