Early-successional plants regulate grassland productivity and species composition: A removal experiment

Oikos

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-295

  Polley, H Wayne ^a   Wilsey, Brian J ^b   Derner, Justin D ^c   Johnson, Hyrum B ^a   Sanabria, Joaquin ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

^d BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; SOIL NITROGEN; VEGETATION; WATER BUDGET;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIACHYRIS DRACUNCULOIDES; POACEAE;

EID: 33646879392     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14267.x     Document Type: Article

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