Evaluating restoration methods across a range of plant communities dominated by invasive annual grasses to native perennial grasses

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-316

  Nyamai, Priscilla A ^a,b   Prather, Timothy S ^a   Wallace, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive species; plant community; restoration; seed predation; soil moisture

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 80052428101     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-09-00048.1     Document Type: Article

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