Proceedings - Symposium on cheatgrass invasion, shrub die-off, and other aspects of shrub biology and management

E. Durant McArthur; Evan M. Romney; Stanley D. Smith; Paul T. Tueller

doi:10.2737/INT-GTR-276

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Proceedings - Symposium on cheatgrass invasion, shrub die-off, and other aspects of shrub biology and management

Informally Refereed

Authors:

E. Durant McArthur, Evan M. Romney, Stanley D. Smith, Paul T. Tueller

Year:

1990

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/INT-GTR-276

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-276. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 351 p.

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Abstract

Includes 45 papers and accounts of field trips from a symposium focused on a recent shrub die-off phenomenon and a perennial problem, cheatgrass invasion, on western rangelands. Contributions also cover shrub establishment, shrub ecosystem ecology and physiology, and plant and shrub ecosystems.

Keywords

seed germination, plant development, semiarid ecosystems, fire susceptibility, shrub establishment, ecology, physiology, shrub ecosystems

Citation

McArthur, E. Durant; Romney, Evan M.; Smith, Stanley D.; Tueller, Paul T., compilers. 1990. Proceedings-symposium on cheatgrass invasion, shrub die-off, and other aspects of shrub biology and management; 1989 April 5-7; Las Vegas, NV. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-276. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 351 p.