Indirect effects of an invasive annual grass on seed fates of two native perennial grass species

• Published in: Oecologia Vol. 174; no. 4; pp. 1401 - 1413
• Main Authors: Meyer, Susan E, Merrill, Katherine T, Allen, Phil S, Beckstead, Julie, Norte, Anna S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.04.2014; Springer; Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analysis; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Ascomycota; Ascomycota - pathogenicity; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bromus; Bromus tectorum; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; Community ecology - Original research; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; dry environmental conditions; Ecological competition; Ecology; Ecosystem; Elymus; Elymus - microbiology; Elymus - physiology; Elymus elymoides; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fusarium; General aspects; Germination; grass seed; Grasses; growth & development; Hydrology/Water Resources; Indigenous species; Inoculum; Introduced Species; Invasive plants; Invasive species; Life Sciences; microbiology; Mortality; Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking; pathogenicity; Pathogens; physiology; Plant Sciences; Pseudoroegneria spicata; Pyrenophora; recruitment; Seed banks; Seedlings; Seedlings - growth & development; Seeds; Seeds - physiology; spring; Utah; Washington; Water treatment; Utah; Washington; Facilitation; Seed pathogen; Apparent competition; Seedling recruitment; Competition; Monocotyledones; Biological invasion; Seeds; Bromus tectorum; Invasive species; Gramineae; Pathogenic; Angiospermae; Population recruitment; Spermatophyta; Herbaceous plant; Environmental monitoring; Native species; Environmental protection

Invasive plants exhibit both direct and indirect negative effects on recruitment of natives following invasion. We examined indirect effects of the invader Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) on seed fates of two native grass species, Elymus elymoides and Pseudoroegneria spicata, by removing B. tectorum an...