Biodiversity, phenology and temporal niche differences between native- and novel exotic-dominated grasslands

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-276

  Wilsey, Brian J ^a   Daneshgar, Pedram P ^a   Polley, H Wayne ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered precipitation; Equalizing and stabilizing effects; Eragrostis curvula; Global change; Invasive species; Niche partitioning; Novel ecosystems; Panicum coloratum; Panicum virgatum; Phenology; Plant diversity; Sorghastrum nutans; Sorghum halapense; Sporobolus compositus; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS CURVULA; PANICUM COLORATUM; PANICUM VIRGATUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS; SORGHUM HALEPENSE; SPOROBOLUS COMPOSITUS;

EID: 82455199189     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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