Bullying the bullies: The selective control of an exotic, invasive annual (Rapistrum rugosum) by oversowing with a competitive native species (Gaillardia pulchella)

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 609-615

  Simmons, Mark T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Gaillardia pulchella; Invasive; Native species; Rapistrum rugosum

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; GAILLARDIA PULCHELLA; PHILYPNODON; RAPISTRUM RUGOSUM;

EID: 33747031986     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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