Local adaptation and effects of grazing among seedlings of two native California Bunchgrass Species: Implications for restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-69

  Hufford, Kristina M ^a,b   Mazer, Susan J ^a   Camara, Mark D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus carinatus; California grassland; Elymus glaucus; Grazing; Local adaptation; Reciprocal transplant

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; GRAZING; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; TRANSPLANTATION;

BROMUS; BROMUS CARINATUS; ELYMUS; ELYMUS GLAUCUS;

EID: 40849147135     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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