Restoration of prairie community structure and ecosystem function in an abandoned hayfield: A sowing experiment

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 652-661

  Foster, Bryan L ^a   Murphy, Cheryl A ^a   Keller, Kane R ^b   Aschenbach, Todd A ^a   Questad, Erin J ^a   Kindscher, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ecosystem function; Hayfield; Prairie restoration; Seed limitation; Succession tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOWING;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349071533     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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