Long-term patterns in coastal california grasslands in relation to cultivation, gophers, and grazing

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1189-1211

  Stromberg, Mark R ^a   Griffin, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual grassland; California; Cultivation; Disturbance effects of; Gophers; Grazing; Nassella pulchra; Old fields; Soil, nitrate and sulfate; Stipa; Succession

Indexed keywords

AMSINCKIA; AVENA FATUA; BOS TAURUS; BROMUS DIANDRUS; BROMUS HORDEACEUS HORDEACEUS; CROTON SETIGERUS; EREMOCARPUS; ERODIUM; HYPOCHAERIS GLABRA; LUCIA; NASSELLA PULCHRA; POA; POACEAE; STIPA; VULPIA; BROMUS MOLLIS; EREMOCARPUS SETIGERUS; POA SECUNDA;

ABANDONED FIELD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CULTIVATION; GOPHER; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; OLD FIELD;

USA, CALIFORNIA, MONTEREY COUNTY, HASTINGS NATURAL HISTORY RESERVATION; USA, CALIFORNIA, MONTEREY COUNTY, SANTA LUCIA RANGE;

EID: 0030404277     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269601     Document Type: Article

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