Restoring invaded Pacific Northwest prairies: Management recommendations from a region-wide experiment

Northwest Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-246

  Stanley, Amanda G ^a,c   Dunwiddie, Peter W ^b   Kaye, Thomas N ^a  

^a Institute for Applied Ecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Wilburforce Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BARE SOIL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DICOTYLEDON; GRASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERBICIDE; MOWING; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WOODLAND;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; OREGON; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES; WILLAMETTE VALLEY;

POACEAE;

EID: 79959555554     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.085.0212     Document Type: Article

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