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Reproductive Ecology Of Wyoming Big Sagebrush (Artemisia Tridentata Ssp. Wyomingensis) : Effects Of Herbivory And Competition, Richard T. Decker
Reproductive Ecology Of Wyoming Big Sagebrush (Artemisia Tridentata Ssp. Wyomingensis) : Effects Of Herbivory And Competition, Richard T. Decker
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Herbivory and plant competition affect sexual reproduction of plants in various ways. Exclusion of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and cattle, removal of plant competition (both inter- and intraspecific), and all combinations of the above treatments were used to examine the individual and combined affects on Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis (Wyoming big sagebrush) reproduction. Reproduction of Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis was divided into hierarchical levels of the number of: (1) modules per current-year ' s growth (CYG), (2) nodes per module, (3) inflorescence heads per node, (4) achenes per inflorescence head and (5) percent viable achenes. Counts at hierarchical …