01145nas a2200133 4500008004100000245006600041210006600107300001300173490000800186520068400194653002200878100001700900856009400917 1989 eng d00aEffects of animal disturbance on tallgrass prairie vegetation0 aEffects of animal disturbance on tallgrass prairie vegetation a144 -1540 v1213 a
Plant species associated with animal disturbances (ant hills, badger mounds, pocket gopher mounds, prairie vole burrow systems and bison wallows) were examined on a tallgrass prairie in northeast Kansas. Vegetation growing on disturbed sites was a function of both the type of disturbance and the surrounding vegetation. Annuals were an important component of the flora on some disturbances, e.g., badger mounds, but on other sites, e.g., pocket gopher mounds and ant hills, common perennial prairie species were more abundant. These effects of animals illustrate the importance of disturbance in maintaining species richness and spatial heterogeneity in tallgrass prairie
10atallgrass prairie1 aGibson, D.J. uhttp://lter.konza.ksu.edu/content/effects-animal-disturbance-tallgrass-prairie-vegetation