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标题：Characterization of prairie recovery from cedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) Invasion.
作者：Chevalier, Cary
期刊名称：Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
印刷版ISSN：0544-540X
出版年度：2005
期号：January
语种：English
出版社：Missouri Academy of Science
摘要：Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) often invades prairie in the absence of fire. Removal of cedar is an initial step in prairie restoration. The plant community that colonizes the areas formerly suppressed by cedar tends to be different from adjacent prairie. Three prairies with recent cedar removals were sampled in summer 2004. Canopy coverage was different between cedar recovery plots and adjacent prairie. In addition, species richness, species diversity, coefficient of conservatism, % annual species, and % woody species were used to describe the two community differences.
关键词：Introduced species;Invasive species;Juniper;Junipers;Prairie ecology

Characterization of prairie recovery from cedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) Invasion.

Chevalier, Cary

Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) often invades prairie in the absence of fire. Removal of cedar is an initial step in prairie restoration. The plant community that colonizes the areas formerly suppressed by cedar tends to be different from adjacent prairie. Three prairies with recent cedar removals were sampled in summer 2004. Canopy coverage was different between cedar recovery plots and adjacent prairie. In addition, species richness, species diversity, coefficient of conservatism, % annual species, and % woody species were used to describe the two community differences.

* Scholes, C.M. Department of Biology, Rockhurst University.