Shifting dominance from native C4 to non-native C3 grasses: Relationships to community diversity

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1844-1853

  Miles, Erin K ^a   Knops, Johannes M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; DOMINANCE; FERTILITY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE USE; RHIZOME; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AGROPYRON; ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; ELYMUS REPENS; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 71049178170     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17718.x     Document Type: Article

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