Plant biomass and species composition along an environmental gradient in montane riparian meadows

Oecologia

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 309-317

  Dwire, Kathleen A ^a,b   Kauffman, J Boone ^a,c   Brookshire, E N Jack ^a,d   Baham, John E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS Rocky Mountain Research Station Laramie   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Belowground biomass; Soil redox potential; Species richness; Water table depth

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CYPERACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL;

ALTITUDE; BIOMASS; CYPERACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

CYPERACEAE; POACEAE; RIPARIA;

EID: 2342616851     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1498-2     Document Type: Article

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