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Controlled grazing on annual grassland decreases yellow starthistle

Year: 1993

Type: article

Abstract: Livestock grazing in late spring and early summer resulted in large reductions of yellow starthistle, Centaurea solstitialis, on infested annual grasslands. Grazing in the bolting stage before spines developed reduced starthistle's canopy size, seed production and thatch accumulation and enhanced native plant diversity. Property timed grazing effectively manages starthistle on a seasonal basis but does not eliminate populations.

Source: California Agriculture

DOI: 10.3733/ca.v047n06p36

Authors: Craig D. Thomsen, William A. Williams, Marc Vayssiéres, Fremont L. Bell, Melvin George

Language: English

Topic: Rangeland and Wildlife Management

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Life on land, Zero hunger

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2102018478

FWCI: 1.224

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Cited by: 50

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