Simple plant traits explain functional group diversity decline in novel grassland communities of Texas

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 231-241

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

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered rainfall; Biodiversity; Eragrostis curvula; Functional diversity; Invasive species; Novel ecosystems; Panicum coloratum; Sorghum halepense

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; DOMINANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFALL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GREAT PLAINS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS CURVULA; PANICUM; PANICUM COLORATUM; POACEAE; SORGHUM (GENUS); SORGHUM HALEPENSE;

EID: 84873724070     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0162-x     Document Type: Article

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