Exotic grass competition in suppressing native shrubland re-establishment

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-255

  Eliason, Scott A ^a,b   Allen, Edith B ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA CALIFORNICA; POACEAE; SALVIA;

EID: 0346899667     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1997.09729.x     Document Type: Article

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