Does fall prescribed burning Artemisia tridentata steppe promote invasion or resistance to invasion after a recovery period?

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1076-1085

  Davies, Kirk W ^a   Sheley, Roger L ^a   Bates, Jonathan D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis; Bromus tectorum; Disturbance theory; Fire; Invasive plants; Prescribed burning

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASS; HERB; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SHRUB; STEPPE;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; COLEOPTERA; POACEAE;

EID: 42049119607     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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