Invasion by non-native annual grasses: The importance of species biomass, composition, and time among California native grasses of the Central Valley

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 616-626

  Lulow, Megan E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Irvine Ranch Land Reserve Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Valley; Elymus glaucus; Elymus trachycaulus; Hordeum brachyantherum; Invasion; Leymus triticoides; Melica californica; Nassella pulchra; Native

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ELYMUS; ELYMUS GLAUCUS; ELYMUS TRACHYCAULUS; HORDEUM BRACHYANTHERUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LEYMUS TRITICOIDES; MELICA CALIFORNICA; NASSELLA PULCHRA; POACEAE;

EID: 33751057793     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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