Uprooted buffelgrass thatch reduces buffelgrass seedling establishment

Buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link), a non-native perennial bunchgrass, invades ecologically intact areas of the Sonoran Desert. It competitively excludes native plants and increases fire frequency and intensity. Since the 1990s, whole buffelgrass plants have been manually uprooted and remove...

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Main Authors: Jernigan, Marcus B., McClaran, Mitchel P., Biedenbender, Sharon H., Fehmi, Jeffrey S.
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Sch Nat Resources & Environm
Language:en
Published: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/616972
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/616972