Recovery of vegetation in a semiarid grassland 53 years after disturbance

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 538-555

  Coffin, Debra P ^a   Lauenroth, William K ^a   Burke, Ingrid C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua gracilis; Buchloe dactyloides; Clementsian model; Cultivation; Old field succession; Shortgrass steppe; Spatial sampling

Indexed keywords

ARISTIDA PURPUREA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES; POACEAE;

ABANDONED GRASSLAND; BUNCHGRASS; CLEMENTSIAN MODEL; DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; SEMI-ARID GRASSLAND;

USA, COLORADO;

EID: 0030403530     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269390     Document Type: Article

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