Site characteristics determine the success of prescribed burning for medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) control

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 376-384

  Kyser, Guy B ^a   Doran, Morgan P ^b   McDougald, Neil K ^b   Orloff, Steve B ^b   Vargas, Ronald N ^b   Wilson, Robert G ^b   DiTomaso, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Fire; Grassland; Invasive; Prescribed burning; Rangeland

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; TAENIATHERUM; TAENIATHERUM CAPUT-MEDUSAE;

EID: 70350097398     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-08-087.1     Document Type: Article

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