Effects of grazing intensity on growth, reproduction, and abundance of three palatable forbs in Kansas tallgrass prairie

Plant Ecology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-33

  Hickman, Karen R ^a   Hartnett, David C ^b  

^a Ford Hays State University   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorpha canescens; Aster ericoides; Herbivory; Plant population ecology; Plant animal interactions; Ruellia humilis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GRAZING; GROWTH RESPONSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PRAIRIE; REPRODUCTION;

UNITED STATES;

AMORPHA; AMORPHA CANESCENS; ANIMALIA; ASTER; BOS TAURUS; POACEAE; RUELLIA; RUELLIA HUMILIS; SYMPHYOTRICHUM ERICOIDES ERICOIDES; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036251144     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015534721939     Document Type: Article

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