Grazing intensity and ecosystem processes in a northern mixed-grass prairie, USA

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 469-479

  Biondini, Mario E ^a   Patton, Bob D ^b   Nyren, Paul E ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Central Grasslands Research Extension Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic variation; Grazing pressure; Litter and root decomposition; Net primary production; Net soil N mineralization; Nitrogen loss; North Dakota; Northern mixed grass prairie; Soil C and N; Species composition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; GRAZING INTENSITY; MINERALIZATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRAIRIE;

USA;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ASTER EROCOIDES; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; POA PRATENSIS;

EID: 0031971215     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0469:GIAEPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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