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Abstract
The tallgrass prairie biome of North America once extended from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Only an estimated 1% of this important ecosystem remains today (Diamond and Smeins 1988; Samson and Knopf 1994), and these remnant prairie tracts are currently the focus of intense restoration and conservation efforts (Bock and Bock 1995; Kindscher and Tieszen 1998). In addition, conservationists have a very strong interest in restoring native tallgrass prairie communities in abandoned farmland tracts that are being allowed to revert to natural vegetation. A variety of prairie restoration methods are currently in use to achieve these goals, including the careful application of controlled fires, watering, re-seeding with native species, and the differential conditioning of grasses and forbs (Schramm 1990; Thompson 1992).
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Citation
Kincaid, Patrick; Smith, Val H.; Foster, Bryan L.; Madden, Venessa L. 2002. Effects of phosphorus and nitrogen manipulations on tallgrass prairie restoration. In: Dumroese, R. K.; Riley, L. E.; Landis, T. D., technical coordinators. National proceedings: forest and conservation nursery associations-1999, 2000, and 2001. Proceedings RMRS-P-24. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 364-369
