Structural attributes of Schizachyrium scoparium in restored texas blackland prairies

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-84

  Derner, Justin D ^a   Polley, H Wayne ^b   Johnson, Hyrum B ^b   Tischler, Charles R ^b  

^a USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bunchgrass; Fragmentation; Hollow crown; Tussock

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; FRAGMENTATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

SCHIZACHYRIUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 2142795893     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1061-2971.2004.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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