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| Borsari, Bruno; Onwueme, Inno. |
| The prairie ecosystem that occupied most of the North American continent has been mostly converted into agricultural farmland. The looming global scarcity of fossil fuels has spurred interest in producing ethanol from corn (Zea mays) but legitimate objections remain to the idea of supporting this vision. The purpose of this study was to initiate a prairie restoration on marginal soil of a 16.2 ha. farm in southeastern Minnesota and to determine which restoration procedure (only native grass species versus a mixture of grasses and forbes) was most effective for the establishment of prairie on the land that may yield biomass for biofuels. We planted 11.4Kg./ha. of grasses on 4.7 ha. and 0.70Kg./ha. of forbs on 3.2 ha., in June 2007. An evaluation of... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity and ecosystem services. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/11300/1/Borsari_11300_ed.doc |
