Response of C3 and C4 grasses to supplemental summer precipitation

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 517-522

  Skinner, R Howard ^a   Hanson, Jon D ^a   Hutchinson, Gordon L ^a   Schuman, Gerald E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed grass prairie; Species composition; Water stress

Indexed keywords

GRASS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

POACEAE;

EID: 0036383601     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003232     Document Type: Article

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