Organic amendments direct grass population dynamics in a landfill prairie restoration

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 678-686

  Biederman, Lori A ^a   Whisenant, S W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed grass prairie; Mulch; Perennial grasses; Remediation; Texas

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION RATES; BASAL AREAS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; LOW RATES; MIXED GRASS PRAIRIE; MULCH; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; PERENNIAL GRASSES; PRAIRIE GRASS; PRAIRIE RESTORATIONS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; TEXAS; WOOD CHIPS;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; LAND FILL; POLLUTION; RESTORATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WOOD PRODUCTS;

APPLICATIONS;

BASAL AREA; DROUGHT; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; LANDFILL; MULCHING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRAIRIE; REMEDIATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BURIAL;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GRASSES; LAND FILL; MULCH; POLLUTION; RESTORATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; TEXAS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WOOD PRODUCTS;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 64649100457     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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