Susceptibility of exotic annual grass seeds to fire

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-167

  Sweet, Sara B ^a,b   Kyser, Guy B ^a   DiTomaso, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Grassland; Prescribed burning; Rangeland; Seed moisture; Timing

Indexed keywords

AEGILOPS TRIUNCIALIS; BROMUS; BROMUS DIANDRUS; POACEAE; TAENIATHERUM; TAENIATHERUM CAPUT-MEDUSAE;

EID: 70350092507     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-07-040.1     Document Type: Article

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