Responses of desert grassland vegetation to mesquite removal and regrowth

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 455-465

  Tiedemann, Arthur R ^a   Klemmedson, James O ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lehmann lovegrass; Non native grass; Plant litter; Plant succession

Indexed keywords

DESERT; GRASSLAND; REFUGE; REGROWTH; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; UNDERSTORY;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DIGITARIA CALIFORNICA; ERAGROSTIS LEHMANNIANA; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; SETARIA MACROSTACHYA;

EID: 15944391321     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003974     Document Type: Article

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