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Weed management and the control of invasive plant species are critical first-year activities and generally must be carried out for several more years until the desired vegetation becomes well established. In fact, many professional practitioners consider weed and invasives control to be the single most important activity on a restoration project site after plant installation. Invasive species control is sometimes the most time-consuming, labor-intensive, and costly component of an ecological restoration project.
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Rieger, J., Stanley, J., Traynor, R. (2014). Weed Management and Invasive Species Control. In: Project Planning and Management for Ecological Restoration. The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-566-3_13
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