Impacts of Buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) on a Forb Community in South Texas

Since the 1950s, many south Texas rangelands have been seeded with buffelgrass, a perennial C4 bunchgrass native to Africa that is believed to contribute to reductions in biodiversity. Forb species represent a critical habitat component throughout the breeding period for many wildlife species as see...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Invasive plant science and management 2009-04, Vol.2 (2), p.130-140
Hauptverfasser:	Sands, Joseph P, Brennan, Leonard A, Hernández, Fidel, Kuvlesky, William P, Gallagher, James F, Ruthven, Donald C, Pittman, James E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Arthropoda arthropods biodiversity botanical composition Buffelgrass Cenchrus ciliaris ecosystem services ecosystems exotic grasses forage grasses forbs functional diversity indigenous species introduced plants introduced species naturalized plants pasture plants Pennisetum plant density rain range management rangelands species diversity Texas wild birds wildlife habitats
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