Economic impacts of weeds in New Zealand

Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 175-184

  Williams, Peter A ^a   Timmins, Susan ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

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EID: 85152350899     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420041668-19     Document Type: Chapter

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