Changes in ecosystem structure and function along a chronosequence of restored grasslands

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1688-1701

  Baer, S G ^a,b   Kitchen, D J ^a,c   Blair, J M ^a   Rice, C W ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Starr Science Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Chronosequence; Conservation Reserve Program (CRP); Ecosystem recovery; Grasslands; Restoration; Soil nutrient cycling; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

POACEAE;

EID: 0036991043     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1688:CIESAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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