Productivity and Subordinate Species Response to Dominant Grass Species and Seed Source during Restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 628-637

  Wilsey, Brian J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem functioning; Biofuels; C4 grasses; Cultivars; Restoration ecology; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL; C4 PLANT; CULTIVAR; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; MONOCULTURE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RHIZOME; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 77956271695     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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