Evaluation of resource-limiting strategies intended to prevent Phalaris arundinacea (reed canarygrass) invasions in restored sedge meadows

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 508-518

  Iannone III, Basil V ^a,b   Galatowitsch, Susan M ^a   Rosen, Carl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Cover crops; High C:N amendments; Invasion biology; Resource reduction; Restoration ecology

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COVER CROP; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEADOW; PERENNIAL PLANT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL NITROGEN;

PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 58149234888     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/15-4-3190     Document Type: Article

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