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"Decimates" 80 percent? So in the example, it kills off 10% of that 80% of the knapweed [seed] population? That would mean 8% of the total seeds killed. That would leave a remainder of 92%, not 20%
I wish people would stop misusing the word "decimate". It means to kill one in ten, not to wipe out.
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