Chapter 8. Controlling plant competition

Stephen B. Monsen

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Chapter 8. Controlling plant competition

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Stephen B. Monsen

Year:

2004

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Monsen, Stephen B.; Stevens, Richard; Shaw, Nancy L., comps. Restoring western ranges and wildlands, vol. 1. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-136-vol-1. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 57-64

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Abstract

Generally, range or wildlife habitat improvement projects seek to achieve desirable plants through the elimination or replacement of undesirable species or both. Control measures are thus designed to: (1) reduce the competitive effects of existing species (Evans and Young 1987a,b; Robertson and Pearse 1945), (2) allow the establishment of seeded species (Harper and Benton 1966; Toole and others 1956), and (3) facilitate reestablishment, or improve the vigor of, desirable native plants (Plummer and others 1970a; Stevens 1987b).

Parent Publication

Restoring Western Ranges and Wildlands, vol. 1

Keywords

rehabilitation, revegetation, plant ecology, seed, plant communities, wildlife habitat, invasive species, equipment, plant materials, native plants

Citation

Monsen, Stephen B. 2004. Chapter 8. Controlling plant competition. In: Monsen, Stephen B.; Stevens, Richard; Shaw, Nancy L., comps. Restoring western ranges and wildlands, vol. 1. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-136-vol-1. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 57-64