Landscape restoration in southern california forblands: Response of abandoned farmland to invasive annual grass control

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 237-245

  Allen, Edith b ^a   Cox, Robert D ^a   Tennant, Tracy ^a   Kee, Sheila n ^a   Deutschman, Douglas h ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive hierarchy; Dethatching; Forbland; Herbicide; Invasive annual forbs; Invasive annual grasses

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GERMINATION; GRASS; HERB; HERBICIDE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUBLAND; VEGETATION;

CALIFORNIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; ERODIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 33744949786     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/65LM-55YH-GB49-5BJM     Document Type: Article

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