Community- and ecosystem-level changes in a species-rich tallgrass prairie restoration

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1680-1694

  Camill, Philip ^a   McKone, Mark J ^a   Sturges, Sean T ^a   Severud, William J ^a   Ellis, Erin ^a   Limmer, Jacob ^a   Martin, Christopher B ^a   Navratil, Ryan T ^a   Purdie, Amy J ^a   Sandel, Brody S ^a   Talukder, Shano ^a   Trout, Andrew ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon; Community; Conservation Reserve Program (CRP); Ecosystem; Mineralization; Nitrogen; Restoration; Soil; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

POACEAE;

EID: 19944409808     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5273     Document Type: Article

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