Weather variability, ecological processes, and optimization of soil micro-environment for rangeland restoration

Invasive Plant Ecology and Management: Linking Processes to Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 107-121

  Hardegree, Stuart P ^a   Cho, Jaepil ^a   Schneider, Jeanne M ^b  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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