Spread of non-native grasses into grazed versus ungrazed desert grasslands

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-235

  Bock, C E ^a   Bock, J H ^a   Kennedy, L ^b   Jones, Z F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

^c University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Boer lovegrass; Disturbance; Invasion; Lehmann lovegrass; Livestock

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANOPY; CATTLE; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOS; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS LEHMANNIANA; POACEAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 34547470534     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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