Long-term ecosystem impacts of an introduced grass in the Northern Great Plains

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2397-2407

  Christian, Janice M ^a,b   Wilson, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Land and Forest Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agropyron cristatum; Allocation; Carbon; Disturbance; Diversity; Introduced species; Mixed grass prairie; Nitrogen; Soil; Succession; Water

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRAIRIE;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0032863119     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2397:LTEIOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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