Medusahead and clay: The rarity of perennial seedling establishment

Rangelands

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 19-23

  Young, James A ^b   Clements, Charlie D ^b   Nader, Glenn ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; EPISODIC EVENT; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WEED;

UNITED STATES;

BROMUS TECTORUM; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA; TAENIATHERUM CAPUT-MEDUSAE;

EID: 0033496739     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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