Great Plains ecosystems: past, present, and future

By F. Samson, F. Knopf, W. Ostlie. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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An Emerging Crisis across Northern Prairie Refuges: Prevalence of Invasive Plants and a Plan for Adaptive Management (2009, background): “Keywords: invasive species, Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), mixed-grass prairie, restoration, smooth brome (Bromus inermis) North America’s grassland biome, exemplified by the Great Plains, is arguably the continent’s most endangered major ecosystem (Samson and Knopf 1994, Samson et al. 2004).”
Traits link drought resistance with herbivore defence and plant economics in semi‐arid grasslands: The central roles of phenology and leaf dry matter content (2020, background): “Both grasslands historically supported large herbivores (bison, elk and antelope) and colonial rodents (black-tailed prairie dogs), which together imposed substantial grazing pressure (Samson et al., 2004).”
Conservation of Grassland Birds in North America: Understanding Ecological Processes in Different Regions: "Report of the AOU Committee on Conservation" (2007, background): “The area currently designated “shortgrass prairie” was historically known as the Great Plains, because of the barrenness of the landscape.”
Thinking Like a Grassland: Challenges and Opportunities for Biodiversity Conservation in the Great Plains of North America (2019, background): “), and pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), moved at varying and largely unquantified spatial scales across North America’s prairies in the millions (Samson et al. 2004; Sanderson et al. 2008).”