The xeric limestone prairies of Pennsylvania

Castanea

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 300-316

  Laughlin, Daniel C ^a   Uhl, Christopher F ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LIMESTONE; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA;

EID: 0942289006     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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