Effects of picloram application on community dominants vary with initial levels of spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) invasion

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-80

  Ortega, Yvette K ^a   Pearson, Dean E ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheatgrass; Competitive release; Exotic plants; Invader impacts; Nontarget effects; Restoration; Secondary invasion

Indexed keywords

BALSAMORHIZA SAGITTATA; BROMUS TECTORUM; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA STOEBE; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA;

EID: 77952597915     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-09-015.1     Document Type: Article

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