Using plant functional traits to guide restoration: A case study in California coastal grassland

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sandel, B ^a,d   Corbin, J D ^b   Krupa, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

California; Carbon addition; Exotic; Grassland; Height; Mowing; Native; Nitrogen; Seed mass; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865800256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES10-00175.1     Document Type: Article

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