Native-species seed additions do not shift restored prairie plant communities from exotic to native states

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 297-304

  Martin, Leanne M ^a   Wilsey, Brian J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate states; Community assembly; Dispersal limitation; Exotic species; Invasive species; Novel ecosystem; Restoration; Seed addition; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903997789     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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