Germination and seedling establishment of two annual grasses on lichen-dominated biological soil crusts

Plant and Soil

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 23-35

  Deines, Lynell ^a   Rosentreter, Roger ^b   Eldridge, David J ^c   Serpe, Marcelo D ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Department of the Interior Bureau Land Management Idaho   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum; Diploschistes muscorum; Patchy vegetation; Root penetration; Vulpia microstachys

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; GERMINATION; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LICHEN; NATIVE SPECIES; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL CRUST;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; BRYOPHYTA; DIPLOSCHISTES MUSCORUM; POACEAE; VULPIA MICROSTACHYS;

EID: 34250622872     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9256-y     Document Type: Article

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