How grazing and soil quality affect native and exotic plant diversity in Rocky Mountain grasslands

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-64

  Stohlgren, Thomas J ^a   Schell, Lisa D ^a   Vanden Heuvel, Brian ^a  

^a Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive exclusion; Exotic species richness; Grazing exclosures; Intermediate disturbance; Mountain grasslands; Multiscale vegetation sampling; Native plant diversity; Rocky Mountains; Soil characteristics; Species composition overlap; Species specific responses

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; GRAZING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0033081192     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0045:HGASQA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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