Seasonal changes of herbage biomass on the fescue prairie

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 100-104

  Willms, Walter D ^a   Adams, Barry W ^b   Dormaar, Johan F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Public Lands   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carex spp.; Danthonia parryi; disappearance of dry matter; Festuca campestris; litter; Poa pratensis; primary production

Indexed keywords

CAREX; DANTHONIA PARRYI; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; FESTUCA CAMPESTRIS; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE; CYPERACEAE;

GRASSLAND; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0029663425     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002676     Document Type: Article

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