No persistent changes in pasture vegetation or seed bank composition after fallowing

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1168-1174

  Goslee, Sarah ^a   Sanderson, Matt ^a   Gonet, Jeffery ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY COVER; DOMINANT SPECIES; FORAGE GRASS; GROWING SEASON; LEGUME POPULATION; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MARYLAND; NEW ZEALAND; PLANT DIVERSITY; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SEED BANK; SOIL CORES; TALL FESCUE; TRANSECT SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; VEGETATION;

SEED;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 70349472995     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0243     Document Type: Article

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