Assessment of long-term tallgrass prairie restoration in Manitoba, Canada

Biological Conservation

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-88

  McLachlan, S M ^a   Knispel, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community structure; Diversity; Grassland; Restoration; Similarity; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SIMILARITY INDEX;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15744378923     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.01.014     Document Type: Article

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