The impact of a prescribed burn on introduced Lehmann lovegrass versus native vegetation in the northern Chihuahuan Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-310

  McGlone, Christopher M ^a,b   Huenneke, Laura F ^a,b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan Desert; Desert grasslands; Invasive species; Lehmann lovegrass; Prescribed fire

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DESERT; GRASS; NATIVE SPECIES; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WEED CONTROL;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS LEHMANNIANA; POACEAE;

EID: 1642341113     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(03)00109-5     Document Type: Article

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