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Ecology and management of giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazziannum) /

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This book is a compendium of the current knowledge on the invasive plant, giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) that spread from Caucasus across Europe, creating serious problems displacing and overtaking native plants. Topics covered include: taxonomy, genetics, reproductive ecology, and invasio...

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Corporate Author: C.A.B. International
Other Authors: Pyšek, Petr
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, U.K. ; Cambridge, Mass. : CABI Pub., 2007.
Subjects:
Giant hogweed > Control > Europe.
Giant hogweed > Ecology > Europe.
Plant Weeds.
Pest Control.
Introduced Species.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This book is a compendium of the current knowledge on the invasive plant, giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) that spread from Caucasus across Europe, creating serious problems displacing and overtaking native plants. Topics covered include: taxonomy, genetics, reproductive ecology, and invasion dynamics at regional and local scales. Intended for students, researchers and practitioners in agriculture, conservation, weed science and plant ecology, this book also reviews the possibilities of mechanical, chemical and biological control, and control by grazing.
Item Description:Description based on opening page (viewed Jun. 01, 2015).
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 324 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781845932077 (NetLibrary e-ISBN)
1845932072 (NetLibrary e-ISBN)
9781845932060
1845932064
DOI:10.1079/9781845932060.0000
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