Floristic quality as an indicator of native species diversity in managed grasslands

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-167

  Jog, Suneeti ^a   Kindcher, Kelly ^a,b   Questad, Erin ^a   Foster, Bryan ^a   Loring, Hillary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Kansas National Heritage Inventory   (United States)

Author keywords

Asclepias meadii; Coefficient of conservatism; Fire; Floristic quality assessment; Floristics; Grasslands; Kansas; Prairies

Indexed keywords

FLORISTICS; GRASSLAND; NATIVE SPECIES; PRAIRIE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS MEADII; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33646132545     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2006)26[149:FQAAIO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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