Control of Lepidium latifolium (perennial pepperweed) and recovery of native plants in tidal marshes of the San Francisco Estuary

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 731-743

  Boyer, Katharyn E ^a   Burdick, Anya P ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuscuta; Dodder; Glyphosate; Imazapyr; Integrated pest management; Invasive species; Native plants; Pickleweed; Sarcocornia; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; HERBICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARSH; MEADOW; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

CUSCUTA; CUSCUTEAE; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM LATIFOLIUM; SALICORNIA; SARCOCORNIA;

EID: 78649803020     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-010-9193-z     Document Type: Article

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