Effects of frequent mowing on survival and persistence of forbs seeded into a species-poor grassland

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-33

  Williams, Dave W ^a   Jackson, Laura L ^a   Smith, Daryl D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forb enhancement; Gap; Mowing; Prairie reconstruction; Recruitment; Seedling establishment; Species richness; Species poor grassland; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

GRASS; HERB; MOWING; PERSISTENCE; PRAIRIE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 33947667797     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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