Physiological drought tolerance and the structuring of tallgrass prairie assemblages

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Tucker, Sally S ^a   Craine, Joseph M ^a   Nippert, Jesse B ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning; Drought tolerance; Ecophysiology; Functional traits; Grazing; Konza Prairie

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655163138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00023.1     Document Type: Article

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