First-year establishment, biomass and seed production of early vs. late seral natives in two medusahead (taeniatherum caput-medusae) invaded soils

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 291-302

  Uselman, Shauna M ^a,b   Snyder, Keirith A ^a   Leger, Elizabeth A ^b   Duke, Sara E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic annual grass; first year establishment; functional traits; native plants; plant soil relationships; restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903631633     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-13-00068.1     Document Type: Article

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