Control of one invasive plant species allows exotic grasses to become dominant in northern Great Plains grasslands

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• plant species 64%
• grass 62%
• grassland 60%
• plain 55%
• biomass 34%
• native species 25%
• species richness 20%
• prairie 17%
• flea 12%
• effect 11%
• biological control 10%
• vegetation 9%
• exotic species 9%
• beetle 8%
• invasive species 8%
• ecosystem function 8%
• ecosystem 4%

Agriculture & Biology

• Euphorbia esula 100%
• grasslands 63%
• grasses 53%
• biomass 34%
• forbs 28%
• species richness 20%
• indigenous species 20%
• species diversity 19%
• prairies 17%
• vegetation 12%
• cold season 9%
• ecological function 9%
• Chrysomelidae 8%
• invasive species 8%
• biological control 6%
• ecosystems 6%