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THE RESPONSE OF ALLIARIA PETIOLATA (GARLIC MUSTARD) TO HERBICIDE, LEAF LITTER AND SUMMER PRECIPITATION, AND SUBSEQUENT EFFECTS ON THE FOREST FLOOR PLANT COMMUNITY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO

Slaughter, Bradford S
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1110238963

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2005, Master of Science, Miami University, Botany.
The biennial Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb) Cavara and Grande is an invasive herb currently impacting broadleaf forests in the eastern United States. To test the effects of herbicide on A. petiolata , investigate other factors affecting its density, and examine its competitive impact on the native community, I monitored 50 1 x 1 m plots in two forest stands in Hueston Woods State Nature Preserve, Preble and Butler Cos., OH. Herbicide treatment affected A. petiolata density intermittently over a three-year span, showing the strongest effect after the third year. Bare ground did not affect A. petiolata density among plots, but June precipitation was positively correlated with density across years. In the second-growth stand, spring perennials and graminoids increased in response to A. petiolata reduction in the third year. Herbicide should be applied in the dormant season of years with high summer rainfall to ensure significant reduction of the A. petiolata population.
David Gorchov (Advisor)
70 p.
Alliaria petiolata; invasive species

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  • Slaughter, B. S. (2005). THE RESPONSE OF ALLIARIA PETIOLATA (GARLIC MUSTARD) TO HERBICIDE, LEAF LITTER AND SUMMER PRECIPITATION, AND SUBSEQUENT EFFECTS ON THE FOREST FLOOR PLANT COMMUNITY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1110238963

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Slaughter, Bradford. THE RESPONSE OF ALLIARIA PETIOLATA (GARLIC MUSTARD) TO HERBICIDE, LEAF LITTER AND SUMMER PRECIPITATION, AND SUBSEQUENT EFFECTS ON THE FOREST FLOOR PLANT COMMUNITY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. 2005. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1110238963.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Slaughter, Bradford. "THE RESPONSE OF ALLIARIA PETIOLATA (GARLIC MUSTARD) TO HERBICIDE, LEAF LITTER AND SUMMER PRECIPITATION, AND SUBSEQUENT EFFECTS ON THE FOREST FLOOR PLANT COMMUNITY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1110238963

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