Using light attenuation to estimate leafy spurge impacts on forage production

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-437

  Rinella, Matthew J ^a   Sheley, Roger L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Competition; Invasive species; Light interception; Model; Weed management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FORAGE; INDEX METHOD; LIGHT ATTENUATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEED;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ESULA; POACEAE;

EID: 33746885500     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/05-128R1.1     Document Type: Article

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