Priority Treatment Leaves Grassland Restoration Vulnerable to Invasion
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Mesocosm Study
2.2. Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Grasses | Forbs | ||
---|---|---|---|
Species | Rate | Species | Rate |
Bromus carinatus | 100 | Achillea millefolium | 175 |
Elymus glaucus | 100 | Asclepias fascicularis | 50 |
Hordeum brachyantherum | 100 | Croton setigerus | 50 |
Stipa pulchra | 100 | Eschscholzia californica | 125 |
Species | Functional Group |
---|---|
Avena barbata/fatua | grass |
Bromus diandrus | grass |
Bromus hordeaceus | grass |
Convovulus arvensis | vine |
Hordeum murinum | grass |
Lolium multiflorum/perenne | grass |
Malva parviflora | forb |
Phalaris aquatica | grass |
Plantago sp. | forb |
Taeniatherum caput-medusae | grass |
Triticum aestivum | grass |
Unknown forbs | forb |
Unknown grasses | grass |
Vicia villosa | N-fixing forb |
Vulpia myuros/bromoides | grass |
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Stuble, K.L.; Young, T.P. Priority Treatment Leaves Grassland Restoration Vulnerable to Invasion. Diversity 2020, 12, 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020071
Stuble KL, Young TP. Priority Treatment Leaves Grassland Restoration Vulnerable to Invasion. Diversity. 2020; 12(2):71. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020071
Chicago/Turabian StyleStuble, Katharine L., and Truman P. Young. 2020. "Priority Treatment Leaves Grassland Restoration Vulnerable to Invasion" Diversity 12, no. 2: 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020071