Effects of species richness on resident and target species components in a prairie restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-198

  Piper, Jon K ^a   Schmidt, Emily S ^a   Janzen, Angela J ^a  

^a Bethel College Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Evenness; Kansas; Prairie; Species richness; Tallgrass; Weediness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 34249702858     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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