Determinants of C3 forb growth and production in a C4 dominated grassland

Plant Ecology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-100

  Briggs, John M ^a   Knapp, Alan K ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground net primary production; Biodiversity; Fire; Forbs; Gram noids; Relative growth rates; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; GRASSLAND; GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0035023054     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011400101014     Document Type: Article

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