Crested wheatgrass control and native plant establishment in Utah

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 450-460

  Hulet, April ^a   Roundy, Bruce A ^a   Jessop, Brad ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake Field Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Agropyrum cristatum; assisted succession; bridging communities; mechanical and chemical control; Roundup Original Max

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; GRASS; HERBICIDE; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL MOISTURE; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION COVER; WEED CONTROL;

SKULL VALLEY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 77954713966     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00067.1     Document Type: Article

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