Community Structure and Productivity in Ceanothus Chaparral and Coastal Sage Scrub

BioScience ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-196
Author(s):  
John T. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Coastal Sage Scrub ◽  
Sage Scrub

Effects of fragmentation on a distinctive coastal sage scrub bee fauna revealed through incidental captures by pitfall traps

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keng-Lou James Hung ◽  
John S. Ascher ◽  
Jason Gibbs ◽  
Rebecca E. Irwin ◽  
Douglas T. Bolger
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Sage Scrub ◽  
Pitfall Traps ◽  
Sage Scrub

Arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation in coastal sage scrub restoration

Botany ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 493-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda M. Aprahamian ◽  
Megan E. Lulow ◽  
Matthew R. Major ◽  
Kathleen R. Balazs ◽  
Kathleen K. Treseder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Root Colonization ◽  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽  
Coastal Sage Scrub ◽  
Plant Performance ◽  
Control Treatment ◽  
Shoot Biomass ◽  
Shoot Height ◽  
Sage Scrub ◽  
Native Shrubs ◽  
Inoculum Type

We tested the hypothesis that field applications of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) inocula would increase root colonization and plant performance in a coastal sage scrub (CSS) restoration project in Southern California. We applied commercial or native inocula (from nearby reference shrublands) as we seeded plots with native shrubs, forbs, and grasses. A control treatment was seeded but received no inocula. After 6 months, AM root colonization did not differ significantly among treatments. Likewise, neither inoculum type significantly altered shoot biomass of native shrubs and forbs at 6 months, or density of adult and seedling shrubs at 10 months. Notably, shoot height at 10 months was shorter in plots treated with commercial inoculum compared with the controls. In addition, flower and flower bud production by Salvia columbariae did not significantly respond to either inoculum type. Altogether, we found no evidence that AM inoculation improved restoration success in our CSS system.

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