Tallgrass prairie plant community dynamics along a canopy cover gradient of eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.)

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 638-644

  Limb, Ryan F ^a   Engle, David M ^a   Alford, Aaron L ^b   Hellgren, Eric C ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emergent property; hierarchy theory; juniper; speciesarea relationships; threshold; woody encroachment

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CONIFEROUS TREE; EMERGENCE; HERB; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; THRESHOLD; WOODLAND;

NORTH AMERICA;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; POACEAE;

EID: 78649507472     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00056.1     Document Type: Article

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