Site, competition, and plant stock influence transplant success of Wyoming big sagebrush

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 305-312

  Kent McAdoo, J ^a   Boyd, Chad S ^b   Sheley, Roger L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

competition; crested wheatgrass; island seeding; restoration; sagebrush seedlings; survival; wildlings

Indexed keywords

GRASS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDING; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SITE EFFECT; STEPPE; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; WILDFIRE;

ELKO COUNTY; NEVADA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; BROMUS TECTORUM;

EID: 84878272992     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-12-00136.1     Document Type: Article

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