Medusahead dispersal and establishment in sagebrush steppe plant communities

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-115

  Davies, Kirk W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual grass; Containment; Invasive plant management; Invasive plants; Prevention; Taeniatherum caput medusae; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGELAND; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; STEPPE; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; WEED;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; TAENIATHERUM; TAENIATHERUM CAPUT-MEDUSAE;

EID: 38549151398     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-041R2.1     Document Type: Article

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