Oak conservation maintains native grass stands in an oak woodland-annual grassland system

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2555-2568

  Roche, Leslie M ^a   Rice, Kevin J ^a   Tate, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem service; Facilitation; Nassellapulchra; Quercus douglasii; Restoration; Sierra Nevada foothill rangeland

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FORAGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSECT; WOODLAND;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BOS; NASSELLA PULCHRA; QUERCUS DOUGLASII;

EID: 84865403326     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0317-z     Document Type: Article

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