Vegetation removal effects on soil quality in a native tallgrass prairie fragment in east-central Arkansas

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-100

  Brye, Kristofor R ^a   Moreno, Lorena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragment; Native; Organic matter; Soil quality; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; PRAIRIE; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETATION COVER;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 31144474769     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2006)26[94:VREOSQ]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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