Factors affecting Bromus tectorum seed bank carryover in Western Utah

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 430-436

  Smith, Duane C ^a   Meyer, Susan E ^b   Anderson, V J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheatgrass; Downy brome; Secondary dormancy; Seed rain; Seedling emergence; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; DORMANCY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRASS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RANGELAND; SEED BANK; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEMIARID REGION;

INTERMOUNTAIN WEST; NORTH AMERICA;

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; SARCOBATUS;

EID: 62149093949     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-035.1     Document Type: Article

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