Comparison of postfire soil water repellency amelioration strategies on bluebunch wheatgrass and cheatgrass survival

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 182-188

  Madsen, Matthew D ^a   Petersen, Steven L ^b   Roundy, Bruce A ^b   Hopkins, Bryan G ^b   Taylor, Alan G ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

anchor chaining; pi on juniper; till; wetting agents; wildfire

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CORRELATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASS; HABITAT RESTORATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMEDIATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SOIL WATER; SURVIVAL; WEED; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 84858965499     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00152.1     Document Type: Article

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