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The Role Of Light And Soil Moisture In Plant Community Resistance To Invasion By Yellow Starthistle (Centaurea Solstitialis), Stephen L. Young, Guy B. Kyser, Jacob N. Barney, Victor P. Claassen, Joseph M. Ditomaso
The Role Of Light And Soil Moisture In Plant Community Resistance To Invasion By Yellow Starthistle (Centaurea Solstitialis), Stephen L. Young, Guy B. Kyser, Jacob N. Barney, Victor P. Claassen, Joseph M. Ditomaso
West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte
To resist establishment by an invasive plant, a community may require one or more species functionally similar to the invader in their resource acquisition pattern. In this study, communities consisting of native winter annual forbs, non-native annual grasses, native perennials, or a combination of the two native communities were established with and without Centaurea solstitialis to determine the effect of soil moisture and light availability on plant community invasion resistance. The annual plant communities were unable to resist invasion by C. solstitialis. In the native winter annual forb community, senescence in late spring increased light penetration (>75%) to …
Functionally Similar Species Confer Greater Resistance To Invasion: Implications For Grassland Restoration, Stephen L. Young, Jacob N. Barney, Guy B. Kyser, Tracy S. Jones, Joseph M. Ditomaso
Functionally Similar Species Confer Greater Resistance To Invasion: Implications For Grassland Restoration, Stephen L. Young, Jacob N. Barney, Guy B. Kyser, Tracy S. Jones, Joseph M. Ditomaso
West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte
Plant community functional composition can be manipulated in restored ecosystems to reduce the establishment potential of invading species. This study was designed to compare invasion resistance among communities with species functionally similar or dissimilar to yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis), a late-season annual. A field experiment was conducted in the Central Valley of California with six experimental plant communities that included (1) six early-season native annual forbs (AF); (2) five late-season native perennials and one summer annual forb (NP); (3) a combination of three early-season native annual forbs and three late-season native perennials (FP); (4) six early-season non-native annual …