The relative importance of disturbance and exotic-plant abundance in California coastal sage scrub

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2210-2227

  Fleming, Genie M ^a,b   Diffendorfer, James E ^a,c   Zedler, Paul H ^a,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Camp pendleton, california, USA; Coastal sage scrub; Exotic plants; Fire; Grazing; Long Term Ecological Trend Monitoring Program; Mechanical disturbance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE; GRAZING; INVASIVE SPECIES; SCRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; CAMP PENDLETON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71549132538     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1959.1     Document Type: Article

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