Altered rainfall patterns increase forb abundance and richness in native tallgrass prairie

Models predict that precipitation variability will increase with climate change. We used a 15-year precipitation manipulation experiment to determine if altering the timing and amount of growing season rainfall will impact plant community structure in annually burned, native tallgrass prairie. The a...

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Main Authors: Jones, Sydney K., Collins, Scott L., Blair, John M., Smith, Melinda D., Knapp, Alan K.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735582/