Extirpation or coexistence? Management of a persistent introduced grass in a prairie restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 410-416

  Wilson, Scott D ^a   Pärtel, Meelis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Agropyron cristatum; Crested wheatgrass; Grazing; Herbicide; Prairie; Restoration

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CUTTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; POACEAE;

EID: 0345761859     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2003.rec0217.x     Document Type: Article

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