Non-native competitive perennial grass impedes the spread of an invasive annual grass

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3187-3194

  Davies, Kirk W ^a   Nafus, Aleta M ^a   Sheley, Roger L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic resistance; Invasibility; Medusahead; Prevention; Propagule pressure

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASS; HERBICIDE; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROPAGULE; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; SOIL NUTRIENT;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; TAENIATHERUM; TAENIATHERUM CAPUT-MEDUSAE;

EID: 77955768566     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9710-2     Document Type: Article

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