Cheatgrass invasion in salt desert shrublands: Benefits of postfire reclamation

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-243

  Jessop, Brad D ^a   Anderson, Val Jo ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black sagebrush; Bromus tectorum; Drill seeding; Greasewood; Invasive; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RECLAIMED LAND; REVEGETATION; SHRUBLAND; WILDFIRE;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA NOVA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; ATRIPLEX CONFERTIFOLIA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 34249803837     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2007)60[235:CIISDS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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