Applying the Successional Weed Management Model for Revegetating a Yellow Starthistle-Infested Dryland Pasture in the Chihuahuan Desert

Table 3

Yellow starthistle canopy cover (%) and density (plants/m²) averaged over all seeded grass treatments in Cliff, New Mexico (2003–2005).

Treatment	Canopy cover^a			Density
	2003^b	2004	2005	2003^b	2004	2005
2,4-D	11a	71a	61a	116a	770a	1997a
Clopyralid	13a	43b	42b	125a	731a	973b
Control	16a	61c	41b	119a	1684b	628b
Goat grazing	18a	64ac	44b	130a	1561bc	757b
Mowing	15a	60c	43b	107a	1262c	681b

^aCover data were log-transformed, but are presented as original values.
^bCover and density data were collected after burning but before suppression treatments in April 2003.
Means followed by the same letter within a year do not differ, LSD (𝑃>0.05).