Urban Invasive Plants in Brunei Darussalam – Distribution, Impact, and Management: A Review

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Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 167, 2025 5^th International Conference on Smart and Innovative Agriculture (ICoSIA 2024)


Article Number		03014
Number of page(s)		10
Section		Land and Environmental Management
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202516703014
Published online		19 March 2025

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