Effects of mesquite control and mulching treatments on herbage production on semiarid shrub-grasslands

Stacy Pease; Peter F. Ffolliott; Leonard F. DeBano; Gerald J. Gottfried

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Effects of mesquite control and mulching treatments on herbage production on semiarid shrub-grasslands

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Authors:

Stacy Pease, Peter F. Ffolliott, Leonard F. DeBano, Gerald J. Gottfried

Year:

2000

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Ffolliott, Peter F.; Baker Jr., Malchus B.; Edminster, Carleton B.; Dillon, Madelyn C.; Mora, Karen L., tech. coords. Land Stewardship in the 21st Century: The Contributions of Watershed Management; 2000 March 13-16; Tucson, AZ. Proc. RMRS-P-13. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 265-267.

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Abstract

Effects of complete removal of mesquite overstory, complete removal of mesquite overstory with control of post-treatment sprouts, and retention of the mesquite overstory as a control on herbage production are described. Mulching treatments included applications of a chip mulch, a commercial compost, lopped-and-scattered mesquite branchwood, and an untreated control. Preliminary results of this study provide an insight on the changes in herbage production as a result of mesquite overstory control and the addition of mulches.

Parent Publication

Land Stewardship in the 21st Century: The Contributions of Watershed Management; 2000 March 13-16; Tucson, AZ

Keywords

land stewardship, watershed management, ecosystem-based management, natural resources, conservation, sustainable development, sustainable use

Citation

Pease, Stacy; Ffolliott, Peter F.; DeBano, Leonard F.; Gottfried, Gerald J. 2000. Effects of mesquite control and mulching treatments on herbage production on semiarid shrub-grasslands. In: Ffolliott, Peter F.; Baker Jr., Malchus B.; Edminster, Carleton B.; Dillon, Madelyn C.; Mora, Karen L., tech. coords. Land Stewardship in the 21st Century: The Contributions of Watershed Management; 2000 March 13-16; Tucson, AZ. Proc. RMRS-P-13. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 265-267.