Establishment, competition and the distribution of native grasses among Michigan old-fields

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 476-489

  Foster, Bryan L ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andropogon gerardi; Biomass gradient; Plant litter; Schizachyrium scoparium; Sorghastrum nutans

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

COMPETITION; GRASSLAND; NATIVE SPECIES; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 0033068017     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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