Comparison of medusahead-invaded and noninvaded Wyoming big sagebrush steppe in southeastern Oregon

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 623-629

  Davies, Kirk W ^a   Svejcar, Tony J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual grass; Artemisia tridentata; Diversity; Invasive plants; Production; Taeniatherum caput medusae; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FORAGE; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGELAND; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WEED;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; COLEOPTERA; TAENIATHERUM; TAENIATHERUM CAPUT-MEDUSAE;

EID: 61949307651     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-005.1     Document Type: Article

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