Competition Between Big Sagebrush and Seeded Grasses on Foothill Ranges in Utah
Issue Date
1963-09-01Keywords
grass productionbrush invasion
root distribution
foothill range
intermediate wheatgrass
leaves
Reinvasion
Kill
Grass Vigor
root developmentGrass ResponseherbicidesSeeded Grassescompetitionheightsoil moisturebig sagebrush2,4-DArtemisia tridentataUtahcrested wheatgrass
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Cook, C. W. (1963). Competition between big sagebrush and seeded grasses on foothill ranges in Utah. Journal of Range Management, 16(5), 245-250.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3895334Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Type
Articletext
Language
enISSN
0022-409XScopus Count
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