Impacts of exotic annual brome grasses (Bromus spp.) on Ecosystem properties of northern mixed grass prairie

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-58

  Ogle, Stephen M ^a,b   Reiners, William A ^a   Gerow, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; LITTER; PRAIRIE; SOIL MOISTURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

BROMUS; BROMUS JAPONICUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0037233338     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0046:IOEABG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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