Soil quality differences under native tallgrass prairie across a climosequence in Arkansas

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 214-230

  Brye, K R ^a   West, C P ^a   Gbur, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PRAIRIE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7744220405     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)152[0214:SQDUNT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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