Effects of ungulates and prairie dogs on seed banks and vegetation in a North American mixed-grass prairie

Plant Ecology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-268

  Fahnestock, Jace T ^a   Larson, Diane L ^b   Plumb, Glenn E ^c   Detling, James K ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Badlands National Park; Bison; Black tailed prairie dogs; Grazing; Mixed grass prairie; Plant species composition; Seed banks

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RODENT; SEED BANK; UNGULATE;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; BUBALUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COCCOIDEA; CONYZA; CONYZA CANADENSIS; CRYPTANDRA; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; DYSSODIA; DYSSODIA PAPPOSA; HEDEOMA; MONROA SQUARROSA; PANICUM; PANICUM CAPILLARE; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO PATAGONICA; POACEAE; RODENTIA; SPHAERALCEA; SPHAERALCEA COCCINEA; SPOROBOLUS; STIPA; STIPA VIRIDULA; UNGULATA; VERBENA; VERBENA BRACTEATA; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 0037805610     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023929627168     Document Type: Article

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