Seedling interference and niche differentiation between crested wheatgrass and contrasting native great basin species

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-449

  Gunnell, Kevin L ^a   Monaco, Thomas A ^b   Call, Christopher A ^a   Ransom, Corey V ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS Forage and Range Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

addition series; assisted succession; competitive ability; native species; Wyoming big sagebrush communities

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGELAND; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SYNCHRONY;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 77954752890     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00118.1     Document Type: Article

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