Journal Title
Title of Journal: Plant Ecol
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Abbravation: Plant Ecology
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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Authors: Christopher M McGlone Carolyn Hull Sieg Thomas E Kolb Ty Nietupsky
Publish Date: 2011/10/19
Volume: 213, Issue: 3, Pages: 445-457
Abstract
Competition and resource availability influence invasions into native perennial grasslands by nonnative annual grasses such as Bromus tectorum In two greenhouse experiments we examined the influence of competition water availability and elevated nitrogen N and phosphorus P availability on growth and reproduction of the invasive annual grass B tectorum and two native perennial grasses Elymus elymoides Pascopyrum smithii Bromus tectorum aboveground biomass and seed production were significantly reduced when grown with one or more established native perennial grasses Conversely average seed weight and germination were significantly lower in the B tectorum monoculture than in competition native perennial grasses Intraspecific competition reduced perplant production of both established native grasses whereas interspecific competition from B tectorum increased production Established native perennial grasses were highly competitive against B tectorum regardless of water N or P availability Bromus tectorum reproductive potential viable seed production was not significantly influenced by any experimental manipulation except for competition with P smithii In all cases B tectorum perplant production of viable seeds exceeded parental replacement Our results show that established plants of Elymus elymoides and Pascopyrum smithii compete successfully against B tectorum over a wide range of soil resource availabilityThis study was funded by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service The authors wish to thank the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station in Flagstaff AZ and the staff and students at the Ecological Restoration Institute for their support in conducting this study P Fulé and J Belnap gave excellent advice during the establishment of this study and reviewed early drafts of this manuscript We also thank the three anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments
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