Plant community response to the decline of diffuse knapweed in a Colorado grassland

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-174

  Bush, Rosemary T ^a   Seastedt, Timothy R ^a   Buckner, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ESCO Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa); Field brome (Bromus arvensis); Grassland restoration; Intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium); Invasive plants; Mixed grass prairie; Plant species richness

Indexed keywords

BROMUS; BROMUS ARVENSIS; BROMUS JAPONICUS; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA DIFFUSA; HEXAPODA; POACEAE; THINOPYRUM INTERMEDIUM;

EID: 34848815674     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.25.3.169     Document Type: Article

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