Soil water exploitation after fire: competition between Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) and two native species

Oecologia

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 7-13

  Melgoza, Graciela ^a   Nowak, Robert S ^a   Tausch, Robin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope ratio; Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus; Soil water content; Stipa comata; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CHEATGRASS; COMPETITION; FIRE; SOIL WATER; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

USA, NEVADA;

BROMUS TECTORUM; CHRYSOTHAMNUS VISCIDIFLORUS; HESPEROSTIPA COMATA COMATA; STIPA;

EID: 0025639447     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00324626     Document Type: Article

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