Grass seedling demography and sagebrush steppe restoration

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 409-417

  James, J J ^a   Rinella, M J ^a   Svejcar, T ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

cheatgrass; fire; seed; seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GERMINATION; GRASS; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGELAND; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; STEPPE;

EID: 84865242335     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-11-00138.1     Document Type: Article

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