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Effect of Pseudoroegneria spicata (bluebunch wheatgrass) Seeding Date on Establishment and Resistance to Invasion by Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass)

Audrey J. Harvey, Stacy C. Simanonok, Lisa J. Rew, Timothy S. Prather and Jane M. Mangold
Ecological Restoration, September 2020, 38 (3) 145-152; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.38.3.145
Audrey J. Harvey
Audrey J. Harvey, Montana State University, College of Agriculture, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT 59717.
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Stacy C. Simanonok
Stacy Simanonok, Montana State University, College of Agriculture, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT 59717.
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Lisa J. Rew
Lisa J. Rew, Montana State University, College of Agriculture, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT 59717.
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Timothy S. Prather
Timothy S. Prather, University of Idaho, Department of Plant Sciences, Moscow, ID 83844.
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Jane Mangold, (corresponding author), Montana State University, College of Agriculture, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Bozeman, MT 59717,
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