Restoration of native perennials in a California annual grassland after prescribed spring burning and solarization

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 659-666

  Moyes, Andrew B ^a,b,c   Witter, Martha S ^b   Gamon, John A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual grassland; Artemisia californica; Brassica nigra; Bromus diandrus; Fire; Nassella; Pulchra; Restoration; Seed bank; Soil inorganic nitrogen; Soil moisture; Solarization

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; NATIVE SPECIES; REINTRODUCTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA CALIFORNICA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NIGRA; BROMUS; BROMUS DIANDRUS; NASSELLA PULCHRA; POACEAE;

EID: 33747067395     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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