Restoring Native Plants to Crested Wheatgrass Stands

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue SPEC.ISSUE, 2011, Pages 16-23

  Fansler, Valerie A ^a   Mangold, Jane M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agropyron cristatum; Disturbance; Rangeland restoration; Revegetation; Succession

Indexed keywords

GLYPHOSATE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SUCCESSION;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM;

EID: 78651286684     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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