The diversity-biomass-productivity relationships in grassland management and restoration

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-208

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning; Grazing; Planting; Seeding; Unified approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047198309     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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