Demographic responses of the invasive annual grass Microstegium vimineum to prescribed fires and herbicide

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 308, Issue , 2013, Pages 207-213

  Emery, Sarah M ^a   Luke Flory, S ^b   Clay, Keith ^c   Robb, Joseph R ^d   Winters, Brian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern deciduous forests; Elasticity; Matrix models; Seedbank

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; EFFICIENT MANAGEMENTS; HERBICIDE APPLICATION; MATRIX MODEL; MATRIX POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION GROWTH RATES; SEEDBANK;

ELASTICITY; FIRES; FORESTRY; HERBICIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEED CONTROL;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ANNUAL PLANT; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; FOREST FIRE; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBICIDE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION MODELING; SEED BANK; SURVIVAL; WEED CONTROL;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; ELASTICITY; FIRES; FORESTRY; HERBICIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICS; WEED CONTROL;

INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883421493     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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