Controlling performance of bluebunch wheatgrass and spotted knapweed using nitrogen and sucrose amendments

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-137

  Mangold, Jane M ^a,b   Sheley, Roger L ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluebunch wheatgrass; Carbon amendment; Centaurea maculosa; Competition; Pseudoroegneria spicata; Soil impoverishment; Spotted knapweed; Succession

Indexed keywords

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA;

EID: 46249102350     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2008)68[129:CPOBWA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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