Multiscale responses of soil stability and invasive plants to removal of non-native grazers from an arid conservation reserve

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 258-268

  Beever, Erik A ^a,c   Huso, Manuela ^b   Pyke, David A ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Great Lakes Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; California; Herbivory; Hierarchical linear models; Information theoretic analyses; Mojave Desert; Non native plants; Schismus barbatus; Soil aggregate stability

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOS TAURUS; SCHISMUS BARBATUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 33646245923     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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