Limitations to postfire seedling establishment: The role of seeding technology, water availability, and invasive plant abundance

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 491-495

  James, Jeremy J ^a   Svejcar, Tony ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

cheatgrass; disturbance; fire; restoration; revegetation; seed drill

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARID REGION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; GRASS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; IRRIGATION; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SEEDING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WEED; WILDFIRE; YIELD;

EID: 77954730478     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00124.1     Document Type: Article

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