Competition between Elymus elymoides and Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Weed Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 720-728

  Clausnitzer, David W ^a   Borman, Michael M ^a   Johnson, Douglas E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; ELYCM; Interference; Seed production; SITHY; Soil moisture; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; WEED;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

CAPUT; ELYMUS ELYMOIDES; HYDROIDA; TAENIATHERUM; TAENIATHERUM CAPUT-MEDUSAE;

EID: 0033388796     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0043174500091396     Document Type: Article

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