Long-term vegetation dynamics in a cut western juniper woodland

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 549-561

  Bates, Jonathan D ^a,c   Miller, Richard F ^a,b   Svejcar, Tony ^a,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual grasses; Bottlebrush squirreltail; Bromus tectorum; Juniperus occidentalis; Litter; Long term succession; Thurber's needlegrass

Indexed keywords

ACHNATHERUM THURBERIANUM; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; ELYMUS; ELYMUS ELYMOIDES; ELYMUS HYSTRIX; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS; PIPERACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 38549117918     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2007)67[549:LVDIAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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