An assessment of revegetation treatments following removal of invasive Pennisetum ciliare (buffelgrass)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 87, Issue , 2012, Pages 168-175

  Woods, S R ^a   Fehmi, J S ^a   Backer, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mulch; Rehabilitation; Restoration; Seedling; Sonoran Desert; Transplant

Indexed keywords

GRASS; MULCH; MULCHING; RECOLONIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

AUSTRALIA; SONORAN DESERT;

CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; ENCELIA; ENCELIA FARINOSA; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM CILIARE; POACEAE;

EID: 84865577466     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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