Impact of prescribed fire and other factors on cheatgrass persistence in a Sierra Nevada ponderosa pine forest

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-106

  Keeley, Jon E ^a,b   McGinnis, Thomas W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aliens; Bromus tectorum; Downy brome; Fire intensity; Non native; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33847241497     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF06052     Document Type: Article

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