Lack of native propagules in a Pennsylvania, USA, limestone prairie seed bank: Futile hopes for a role in ecological restoration

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 158-164

  Laughlin, Daniel C ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua curtipendula; Ecological restoration; Limestone prairies; Seed bank; Woody plant invasion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; WOODY PLANT;

UNITED STATES;

BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA;

EID: 0038138112     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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