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Table 1 LAI (3 July 2003) and plant biomass components during 2003

From: Influence of grazing and precipitation on ecosystem carbon cycling in a mixed-grass prairie

  

Biomass components (g m-2)

  

Forbes

Grass

    
 

LAI

Dead

Live

Dead

Live

Lichens

Litter

Misc.

Total

HG

0.15a

0.97

3.96

3.20a

3.46a

0.66a

28.58

1.58

42.42

LG

0.225ab

1.91

4.18

5.63ab

5.28ab

0.35ab

21.56

1.69

40.66

UG

0.45b

2.10

2.21

6.98b

6.88b

0.05b

27.93

1.04

47.19

  1. HG, heavily grazed; LG, lightly grazed; UG, ungrazed treatment. Letters denote significant differences between treatment averages (P < 0.05).