Responses of a California annual grassland to litter manipulation

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 605-612

  Amatangelo, Kathryn L ^a   Dukes, Jeffrey S ^b   Field, Christopher B ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual forb; Annual grass; Avena fatua; Community composition; Legume; Patch dynamics; Seed size; Shading

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ANNUAL PLANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; LITTER; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHADING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVENA FATUA;

EID: 59649086717     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-8-18415     Document Type: Article

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