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A Lack of Evidence for an Ecological Role of the Putative Allelochemical (±)-Catechin in Spotted Knapweed Invasion Success - Journal of Chemical Ecology

  • ️Hufbauer, Ruth A.
  • ️Wed Sep 06 2006

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