Biomass and density responses in tallgrass prairie legumes to annual fire and topographic position

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-179

  Towne, E Gene ^a   Knapp, Alan K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Nitrogen budgets; Prairie legumes; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DENSITY;

AMORPHA CANESCENS; DALEA CANDIDA; DALEA PURPUREA; FABACEAE; LESPEDEZA VIOLACEA; PSORALEA TENUIFLORA; SCHRANKIA NUTTALLII;

EID: 0029662650     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445935     Document Type: Article

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