Effect of planting season, bunchgrass species, and neighbor control on the success of transplants for grassland restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 651-658

  Page, Hillary N ^a   Bork, Edward W ^b  

^a Sage Ecological Research   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bluebunch wheatgrass; Bunchgrass mortality; Conifer ingrowth; Grassland restoration; Pinegrass; Planting season; Spreading needlegrass; Tillers

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

ACHNATHERUM RICHARDSONII; CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA;

EID: 33747047824     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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