Crested wheatgrass-cheatgrass seedling competition in a mixed-density design

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 432-438

  Francis, Mark G ^a   Pyke, David A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

'Hycrest'; 'Norden'; aboveground biomass; competition index; mixture ratios; tiller production

Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM X DESERTORUM; POACEAE;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CHEATGRASS; COMPETITION; MIXED-DENSITY DESIGN; SEEDLING COMPETITION; TILLER PRODUCTION; WHEATGRASS;

EID: 0029660723     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002925     Document Type: Article

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