Preventing saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) seedling establishment in the northern Prairie Pothole region

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 427-436

  Ohrtman, Michelle K ^a   Clay, Sharon A ^a   Clay, David E ^a   Mousel, Eric M ^a   Smart, Alexander J ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

competition; fire; grassland; Grazing; Northern Great Plains; Prairie Pothole region; vegetation management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455170840     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-11-00012.1     Document Type: Article

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