Selective and non-selective control of invasive plants: The short-term effects of growing-season prescribed fire, herbicide, and mowing in two texas prairies

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 662-669

  Simmons, Mark T ^a   Windhager, Steve ^a   Power, Paula ^b,c   Lott, Jason ^d   Lyons, Robert K ^e   Schwope, Carl ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center   (United States)

^c Channel Islands National Park   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^e Texas AandM University Agricultural Research and Extension Center   (United States)

^f National Wildlife Refuge System   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Grassland; Herbicide; Invasive; Mowing; Selective control

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBICIDE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOWING; PEST CONTROL; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE;

BLACKLAND PRAIRIE; EDWARDS PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BOTHRIOCHLOA ISCHAEMUM;

EID: 37249003204     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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