Do introduced grasses improve forage production on the northern mixed prairie?

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-59

  Willms, Walter D ^a   Entz, Toby ^a   Beck, Ryan ^a   Hao, Xiying ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboveground net primary production; Agropyron cristatum; Native; Psathyrostachys juncea

Indexed keywords

CROP; FORAGE; GRASS; HARVESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; BOUTELOUA; POACEAE; PSATHYROSTACHYS JUNCEA; STIPA;

EID: 61949266232     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-034     Document Type: Article

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