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Role of propagule pressure and priority effects on plant establishment during restoration of invaded shrub-steppe

Creator:

Schantz, Merilynn C.

Abstract:

Biological plant invasions are diminishing the ecological integrity and function of ecosystems worldwide. A primary example of this is in the Great Basin of the United States, where invasive annual grasses, like cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) and medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae L. Nevski), are dominating many sagebrush-steppe ecosystems. In these invaded...

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Dissertation

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