Grazing frequency and ecosystem processes in a northern mixed Prairie, USA

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 239-256

  Biondini, Mario E ^a   Manske, Llewellyn ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dickinson Research Extension Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Above ground C and N flows; Animal performance; Liner decomposition and N release; Net primary production; Northern mixed prairie; Plant N uptake; Root decomposition and N release; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; POACEAE;

EID: 0000348803     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269567     Document Type: Article

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