Land management history and floristics in mixed-grass prairie, North Dakota, USA

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-358

  Murphy, Robert K ^a,b   Grant, Todd A ^a,b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Refuges and Wetland Management Districts   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus inermis Leyss; Invasive species; Mixed grass prairie; Poa pratensis L.; Restoration

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FLORISTICS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; PRAIRIE;

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

BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; POA; POA PRATENSIS;

EID: 27144491944     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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