Evaluation of central North American prairie management based on species diversity, life form, and individual species metrics

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 864-874

  Brudvig, Lars A ^a   Mabry, Catherine M ^a   Miller, James R ^a   Walker, Tracy A ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Floristic quality; Grazing; Habitat restoration; Plant life form groups; Prairie management; Prescribed fire; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GRASS; GRAZING; HABITAT RESTORATION; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; IOWA; PLANTS;

IOWA; LOESS HILLS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOS;

EID: 34249079691     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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