Phenology as a basis for management of exotic annual plants in desert invasions

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1290-1299

  Marushia, Robin G ^a,b   Cadotte, Marc W ^b   Holt, Jodie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica tournefortii; Ephemerals; Erodium cicutarium; Forb; Grass; Herbicide; Sahara mustard; Schismus; Timing

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DESERT; DICOTYLEDON; GLYPHOSATE; GRASS; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PHENOLOGY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA TOURNEFORTII; ERODIUM CICUTARIUM; SCHISMUS;

EID: 78149311924     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01881.x     Document Type: Article

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