Defining reference information for restoring ecologically rare tallgrass oak savannas in the Midwestern United States

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 345-350

  Asbjornsen, H ^a   Brudvig, L A ^a   Mabry, C M ^a   Evans, C W ^b   Karnitz, H M ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Des Moines Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Historic range of variation; Reference information; Restoration; Tallgrass oak savanna

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; HISTORIC RANGE OF VARIATION; TALLGRASS OAK SAVANNA;

FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAVANNA;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GRASSES; IOWA; PLANTS; QUERCUS; RESTORATION;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23644454019     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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