Forb species establishment increases with decreased grass seeding density and with increased forb seeding density in a Northeast Kansas, U.S.A., experimental prairie restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 597-605

  Dickson, Timothy L ^a,b   Busby, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation Reserve Program; Conservative forb species richness; Grassland; Optimal seed mix; Weedy species

Indexed keywords

NATURE CONSERVATION; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 70349514999     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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