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Wiley India Pvt Ltd Ecology Of Weeds And Invasive Plants Relationship To Agriculture And Natural Resource Management 3rd Edition by Radosevich Steven R. Et.Al
About the Book: Ecology of Weeds and Invasive Plants: Relationship to Agriculture and Natural Resource Management: 3rd EditionThe classic reference on weeds and invasive plants has been revised and updated. The Third Edition of this authoritative reference provides an in-depth understanding of how weeds and invasive plants develop and interact in the environment so you can manage and control them more effectively. The guide includes an introduction to weeds and invasive plants in various environments and an overview of their ecology and evolution.ContentsPrefaceBurdock (Charles Goodrich)IntroductionChapter 1. Weeds and Invasive PlantsChapter 2. PrinciplesChapter 3. Invasibility of Agricultural and Natural EcosystemsChapter 4. Evolution of Weeds and Invasive PlantsChapter 5. Weed Demography and Population DynamicsChapter 6. Plant-Plant AssociationsChapter 7. Weed and Invasive Plant Management Approaches, Methods and ToolsChapter 8. HerbicidesChapter 9. Systems Approaches for Weed and Invasive Plant ManagementReferencesIndexAbout the Author: Steven R Radosevich, Jodie S Holt, Claudio M GhersaSteven Radosevich is a professor of Forest Science and adjunct professor of Crop and Soil Science and of Philosophy at Oregon State University. He is the author of the only textbook on the ecology of weedy plants (now in second edition - Weed Ecology: Implications for Management, 2nd Edition) and over 100 scientific papers.Jodie Holt is a Professor of Plant Physiology and Chair of the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at the University of California, Riverside. She is a member of: Weed Science Society of America, Western Society of Weed Science, California Weed Science Society, California Invasive Plant Council (member and/or Chair of various committees in each), Ecological Society of America, and American Institute of Biological Sciences. She is co-author of Weed Ecology: Implications for Management, 2nd Edition and the author of numerous technical papers.Claudio Ghersa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment at the University Buenos Aires. He is also a Research Scientist at a national laboratory (CONICET) in Argentina. He has contributed to or co-authored 8 different books, including Weed Ecology: Implications for Management, 2nd Edition.