Effects of resource availability and propagule supply on native species recruitment in sagebrush ecosystems invaded by Bromus tectorum

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 513-526

  Mazzola, Mónica B ^a,b   Chambers, Jeanne C ^c   Blank, Robert R ^d   Pyke, David A ^e   Schupp, Eugene W ^f   Allcock, Kimberly G ^a   Doescher, Paul S ^g   Nowak, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass); Invasion; Propagule supply; Resource availability; Sagebrush steppe; Seedling establishment; Sucrose addition

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASS; PHYTOMASS; POPULATION DENSITY; PROPAGULE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SOIL NITROGEN; STEPPE; SUCROSE; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; POACEAE;

EID: 78651245669     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9846-0     Document Type: Article

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