Plant diversity, production, stability, and susceptibility to invasion in restored northern tall grass prairies (United States)

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-87

  Biondini, Mario ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Northern tall grass prairie restoration; Plant diversity and invasion; Plant diversity and production; Plant diversity and stability

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947664470     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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