Soil resources regulate productivity and diversity in newly established tallgrass prairie

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 724-735

  Baer, S G ^a,b   Blair, J M ^a   Collins, S L ^a   Knapp, A K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP); Diversity; Grassland; Konza Prairie, Kansas (USA); Nutrient enrichment; Productivity; Restoration; Richness; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL DEPTH; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

KANSAS; KONZA PRAIRIE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041312680     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0724:SRRPAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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