Effects of planting method and seed mix richness on the early stages of tallgrass prairie restoration

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3127-3139

  Larson, Diane L ^a   Bright, JB ^b   Drobney, Pauline ^c   Larson, Jennifer L ^d   Palaia, Nicholas ^b   Rabie, Paul A ^e   Vacek, Sara ^b   Wells, Douglas ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Perennial forbs; Restoration methods; Tallgrass prairie; Warm season grasses

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOME; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; PERENNIAL PLANT; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE PLANTING;

IOWA; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 83555164855     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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