Forb response to herbicides in a degraded tallgrass prairie

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-77

  Tunnell, Susan J ^a   Stubbendieck, James ^a   Palazzolo, Sal ^a,c   Masters, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^c ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Grassland; Great Plains; Herbicide; Restoration; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDE; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA PSILOSTACHYA; AMORPHA CANESCENS; HEDERA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; RHUS GLABRA; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO MISSOURIENSIS; SYMPHYOTRICHUM ERICOIDES ERICOIDES;

EID: 31144469116     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2006)26[72:FRTHIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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