The creation of diverse prairie-like communities

Community Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 205-216

  Piper, J K ^a   Pimm, S L ^b  

^a Bethel College Kansas   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community construction; Grassland biodiversity; Prairie; Restoration; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

POACEAE;

EID: 0037003316     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.3.2002.2.7     Document Type: Article

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