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Invasive <i>Phragmites australis</i> Management in Great Salt Lake Wetlands: Context Dependency and Scale Effects on Vegetation and Seed Banks

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Title Invasive Phragmites australis Management in Great Salt Lake Wetlands: Context Dependency and Scale Effects on Vegetation and Seed Banks
Creator Rohal, Christine B.
Description Invasive plants can outcompete native plants, replacing diverse plant communities with monocultures, which can negatively impact the whole ecosystem. One invasive plant, Phragmites australis, has invaded wetlands across North America. In Utah’s Great Salt Lake, it has greatly reduced the area of native plants that are important habitat for migratory birds. Here we describe experiments that assess multiple treatments for Phragmites removal and evaluate the return of native plants after...
Date 2018-08-01T07:00:00Z
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Identifier https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7228 info:doi/10.26076/e95e-2c46 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/etd/article/8339/viewcontent/2018_Rohal_Christine.pdf
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Source All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Publisher DigitalCommons@USU
Subject Phragmites australis invasive plants invasive plant management restoration ecology spatial scale plant community assembly Utah Great Salt Lake seed banks Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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