Can regeneration of green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) be restored in declining woodlands in Eastern Montana?

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 564-571

  Lesica, Peter ^a  

^a Conservation Biology Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coppicing; Exotic grasses; Herbicide; Livestock grazing; Range margin; Restoration

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COPPICE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; GRAZING; HERBICIDE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGELAND; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOS; CERVIDAE; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS PENNSYLVANICA; POACEAE;

EID: 70450167625     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/.1/REM-D-09-00020.1     Document Type: Article

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