Effects of hay management and native species sowing on grassland community structure, biomass, and restoration

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1884-1896

  Foster, Bryan L ^a   Kindscher, Kelly ^a   Houseman, Greg R ^a   Murphy, Cheryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biomass; Diversity; Hay management; HILD grassland; LIHD grassland; Native hay meadows; Productivity; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HAY; MEADOW; NATIVE SPECIES; PRAIRIE; SOWING;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KANSAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 70349327490     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0849.1     Document Type: Article

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