What makes Great Basin sagebrush ecosystems invasible by Bromus tectorum?

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-145

  Chambers, Jeanne C ^a   Roundy, Bruce A ^b   Blank, Robert R ^c   Meyer, Susan E ^d   Whittaker, A ^e  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; Bromus tectorum; Ecological resistance; Elevation gradient; Fire; Invasibility; Plant removal; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRASS; INVASIBILITY; NITRATE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SHRUB; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL WATER;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM;

EID: 34247133370     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-1991     Document Type: Article

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