Long-term successional trends following western juniper cutting

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 533-541

  Bates, Jon D ^a,c   Miller, Richard F ^b,c   Svejcar, Tony ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum; Cheatgrass; Juniperus occidentalis; Plant cover; Sagebrush; Shrub steppe; Standing crop; Threshold

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGE EXPANSION; RANGELAND; STEPPE; SUCCESSION; WEED CONTROL;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS; POA; POA SECUNDA; POACEAE;

EID: 26844464648     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2005)58[533:LSTFWJ]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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