Long-term effects of aeration and fire on invasion of exotic grasses in mixed-brush plant communities

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-159

  Ayala A , Felix ^a   Ortega S , J Alfonso ^a   Fulbright, Timothy E ^a   Rasmussen, G Allen ^a   Drawe, D Lynn ^b   Synatzske, David R ^c   Litt, Andrea R ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cover; litter; native vegetation; prescribed burn

Indexed keywords

AERATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 84858960520     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-11-00052.1     Document Type: Article

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