Fire as a tool for controlling tamarix spp. Seedlings

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-147

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

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

duration; residence time; seed; seedling age; soil moisture; Temperature

Indexed keywords

TAMARIX;

EID: 84863812697     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-11-00033.1     Document Type: Article

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