A PLANT TRAIT-BASED APPROACH TO EVALUATE THE ABILITY OF NATIVE C<sub>3</sub> AND C<sub>4</sub> GRASSES TO RESTORE FUNCTIONALITY TO A REMNANT BLUEGRASS SAVANNA-WOODLAND IN KENTUCKY, USA.
Temperate Midwestern oak savannas are considered imperiled ecosystems with < 1 % remaining since the time of European settlement and are identified as critical areas for preservation. Restoration of Midwestern oak savannas is challenging due to the lack of accurate historical data, few intact rem...
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UKnowledge
2014
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| Online Access: | http://uknowledge.uky.edu/biology_etds/20 http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=biology_etds |