Emergence and establishment of Agropyron desertorum (Fisch.) (crested wheatgrass)seedlings in a sandhills prairie of central Saskatchewan

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-35

  Romo, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Invasion ecology; Safe sites; Seedbed ecology; Selaginella densa Rydb

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GRASS; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA DENSA;

EID: 13744250495     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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