Response of herbs to shrub removal across natural and experimental variation in soil moisture

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1375-1387

  Berlow, Eric L ^a,b   D'Antonio, Carla M ^b,c   Swartz, Heather ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desertification; Environmental stress; Grasslands; Interaction strength; Interspecific competition; Meadows; Rangeland; Restoration; Riparian; Sagebrush; Shrub invasion and control; Sierra Nevada, California

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ROTHROCKII; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0347530359     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5099     Document Type: Article

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