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Restoring Native Perennial Grasses by Changing Grazing Practices in Central Coastal California

Restoring Native Perennial Grasses by Changing Grazing Practices in Central Coastal California While burning effects did not persist through time, rein - Restoring Native Perennial Grasses by stituting burning at appropriate intervals would be feasible Changing Grazing Practices in Central given the abundance of grassy fuel present and positive Coastal California response of native grasses to burning (Packard and Mutel Carlene Henneman (corresponding author: Point Blue Con- 1997). If additional knapweed suppression was desired, servation Science, 3820 Cypress Drive #11, Petaluma, CA residual knapweed densities on restored plots remained low enough where hand pulling would be an effective 94954, chenneman@pointblue.org), Nathaniel E. Seavy and practical treatment (MacDonald et al. 2013). Our (Point Blue Conservation Science, nseavy@pointblue.org) results are most applicable to the restoration of native and Thomas Gardali (Point Blue Conservation Science, tgar - warm-season grasses on degraded, knapweed-infested sites dali@pointblue.org). in the upper Midwest, and demonstrate that these native he conversion of California grasslands from a system grasses can effectively suppress knapweed for extended time Tdominated by perennial bunchgrasses to one domi- periods even in the absence of fire. Where the restoration nated by exotic annual grasses is recognized as an eco- of more diverse native plant communities is an important logically significant biological invasion (D’Antonio and goal, the inclusion http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ecological Restoration University of Wisconsin Press

Restoring Native Perennial Grasses by Changing Grazing Practices in Central Coastal California

Gardali, Thomas.
Ecological Restoration , Volume 32 (4) – Nov 3, 2014
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While burning effects did not persist through time, rein - Restoring Native Perennial Grasses by stituting burning at appropriate intervals would be feasible Changing Grazing Practices in Central given the abundance of grassy fuel present and positive Coastal California response of native grasses to burning (Packard and Mutel Carlene Henneman (corresponding author: Point Blue Con- 1997). If additional knapweed suppression was desired, servation Science, 3820 Cypress Drive #11, Petaluma, CA residual knapweed densities on restored plots remained low enough where hand pulling would be an effective 94954, chenneman@pointblue.org), Nathaniel E. Seavy and practical treatment (MacDonald et al. 2013). Our (Point Blue Conservation Science, nseavy@pointblue.org) results are most applicable to the restoration of native and Thomas Gardali (Point Blue Conservation Science, tgar - warm-season grasses on degraded, knapweed-infested sites dali@pointblue.org). in the upper Midwest, and demonstrate that these native he conversion of California grasslands from a system grasses can effectively suppress knapweed for extended time Tdominated by perennial bunchgrasses to one domi- periods even in the absence of fire. Where the restoration nated by exotic annual grasses is recognized as an eco- of more diverse native plant communities is an important logically significant biological invasion (D’Antonio and goal, the inclusion

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Ecological Restoration – University of Wisconsin Press

Published: Nov 3, 2014

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