Roadless habitats as refuges for native grasslands: Interactions with soil, aspect, and grazing

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 404-415

  Gelbard, Jonathan L ^a   Harrison, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aegilops triuncialis; California grasslands; Centaurea solstitialis; Exotic plant invasions; Grazing effect on species composition; Habitat management; Nassella pulchra; Native vs. exotic plant diversity; Roadless habitats

Indexed keywords

ASPECT; BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; NATIVE SPECIES; REFUGE; ROAD; SOIL TYPE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AEGILOPS; AEGILOPS TRIUNCIALIS; ANIMALIA; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS; CONVOLVULUS; CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS; NASSELLA; NASSELLA PULCHRA; POA; POA SECUNDA; POLYPOGON; POLYPOGON MONSPELIENSIS;

EID: 0038715346     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0404:RHARFN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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