Exotic Brome-Grasses in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems of the Western US

216 crown and stem tissue. Similar stromatal structures are also produced in culture. In related organisms, the stromata can per ...

217 bleach blonde pathogen attacks the crowns of juvenile established plants. These pathogens thus clearly exhibit niche differe ...

218 levels of P. semeniperda -caused disease, resulting in greatly diminished seed pro- duction combined with minimal seed carry ...

219 caused B. tectorum seed mortality under water stress in the laboratory at levels comparable to moderately pathogenic Fusariu ...

220 We have also learned that die-offs can create seed bed conditions conducive to the emergence and early establishment of nati ...

221 Boguena T, Meyer SE, Nelson DL (2007) Low temperature during infection limits Ustilago bul- lata disease incidence on Bromus ...

222 Masi M, Meyer S, Cimmino A et al (2014a) Pyrenophoric acid, a phytotoxic sesquiterpenoid penta-2,4-dienoic acid produced by ...

223 Meyer SE, Masi M, Clement S et al (2015) Mycelial growth rate and toxin production in the seed pathogen Pyrenophora semenipe ...

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228 magnesium affect spring performance. Controlling nutrients also change with elevation. In cooler deserts with winter precipi ...

229 thought to be the factor most responsible for such invasions (Hobbs and Huenneke 1992 ). However, invasive annual grasses ar ...

230 Years of research on plant nutrition has demonstrated that annual plants, including annual Bromus , require higher levels of ...

231 temperatures evaporates more quickly than rain falling during cooler winter temperatures. On the other hand, fi ner-textured ...

232 repeated across a given landscape. When highly localized, these small patches of Bromus suggest that these invasions are not ...

233 Mojave Desert There are several studies from the Mojave Desert that examine the correlation between soil characteristics and ...

234 study did not distinguish among these three soil factors. However, an N fertilization experiment confi rmed that N was limit ...

235 Table 8.2 Ranges of nutrients, nutrient ratios, and annual and perennial plant cover in the different deserts sampled Mojave ...

236 Table 8.2 (continued) Mojave ( n = 172) Colorado Plateau ( n = 195) Great Basin ( n = 30) Chihuahuan ( n = 14) Minimum Maxim ...

237 Table 8.3 Results of stepwise regression models for Mojave, Colorado Plateau, and Great Basin sites with percent cover of ex ...