Trait-based filtering of the regional species pool to guide understory plant reintroductions in Midwestern Oak Savannas, U.S.A

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 290-304

  Brudvig, Lars A ^a,b   Mabry, Catherine M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Floristic quality; Life history traits; Midwest; Oak savanna; Reference information; Restoration planning; Species list; Species pool

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLORISTICS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAVANNA; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

IOWA; MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 44349164501     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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