Variation in grazing tolerance among three tallgrass prairie plant species

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1634-1643

  Damhoureyeh, Said A ^a   Hartnett, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambrosia ludoviciana; Aster ericoides; Compensatory growth; Forbs; Grasses; Grazing tolerance; Sorghastrum nutans; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPENSATION; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; REPRODUCTION; TOLERANCE;

AMBROSIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA LUDOVICIANA; ASTER; ASTER ERICOIDES; ASTERACEAE; POACEAE; SORGHASTRUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS; SYMPHYOTRICHUM ERICOIDES ERICOIDES; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036802902     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.10.1634     Document Type: Article

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