Root Dynamics of Cultivar and Non-Cultivar Population Sources of Two Dominant Grasses during Initial Establishment of Tallgrass Prairie

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-117

  Klopf, Ryan P ^a   Baer, Sara G ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultivar; Dominant grasses; Local ecotype; Roots; Tallgrass prairie restoration

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; GRASS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRAIRIE; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM;

KANSAS; KONZA PRAIRIE; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 78651229397     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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