Intraspecific Variation in Ecophysiology of Three Dominant Prairie Grasses Used in Restoration: Cultivar Versus Non-Cultivar Population Sources

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue SPEC.ISSUE, 2011, Pages 43-52

  Lambert, Allison M ^a,b   Baer, Sara G ^a   Gibson, David J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Andropogon gerardii; Ecophysiology; Photosynthesis; Restoration; Schizachyrium scoparium; Sorghastrum nutans; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CULTIVAR; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 78651337245     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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