Seedling growth of intermountain perennial and weedy annual grasses

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 584-589

  Arredondo, J Tulio ^a   Jones, Thomas A ^a   Johnson, Douglas A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agropyron desertorum; Bromus tectorum; Elymus elymoides Pseudoroegneria spicata; Relative growth rate; Specific leaf area; Specific root length; Taeniatherum caput medusae

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATIVE SPECIES; RANGELAND; SEEDLING;

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; CAPUT; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ELYMUS; ELYMUS ELYMOIDES; HYDROIDA; POACEAE; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA; TAENIATHERUM; TAENIATHERUM CAPUT-MEDUSAE;

EID: 0031667395     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003380     Document Type: Article

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