Early establishment of a native grass reduces the competitive effect of a non-native grass

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 399-406

  Stevens, Jason M ^a   Fehmi, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona cottontop; Buffelgrass; Preventing invasion; Priority effects; Restoration strategies

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EMERGENCE; GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

DIGITARIA CALIFORNICA; PENNISETUM CILIARE; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 79955158310     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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