How important is competition in a species-rich grassland? A two-year removal experiment in a pine savanna

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-100

  Roth, Agatha Marie ^a   Campbell, Daniel ^a   Keddy, Paul ^a   Dozier, Hallie ^a,b   Montz, Glen ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andropogon virginicus; Competition; Grasslands; Longleaf pine savannas; Removal experiments; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GRASSLAND; HERBICIDE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON VIRGINICUS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 42149106346     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2008)15[94:HIICIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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