Is altering grazing selectivity of invasive forage species with patch burning more effective than herbicide treatments?

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-260

  Cummings, D Chad ^a   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a   Engle, David M ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese bush clover; Disturbance ecology; Fire ecology; Grazing management; Herbivory; Heterogeneity; Invasion; Macro ecology; Sericea lespedeza

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVASIVE SPECIES; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PRAIRIE; RANGELAND; VEGETATION COVER; WEED CONTROL;

LESPEDEZA; LESPEDEZA CUNEATA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 34249794871     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2007)60[253:IAGSOI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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