Long-term effects of weed control with picloram along a gradient of spotted knapweed invasion

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-77

  Ortega, Yvette K ^a   Pearson, Dean E ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadleaf herbicide; Centaurea maculosa; cheatgrass; exotic plants; grassland restoration; native plant functional groups

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; HERBICIDE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATIVE SPECIES; PICLORAM; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED CONTROL;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; CENTAUREA STOEBE; POACEAE;

EID: 79251517450     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00034.1     Document Type: Article

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