01067nas a2200145   4500008004100000245008500041210006900126300001300195490000800208520054500216100001700761700001900778700001700797856010700814       2002                        eng d00aClone size of Andropogon gerardii Vitman (Big Bluestem) at Konza Prairie, Kansas0 aClone size of Andropogon gerardii Vitman Big Bluestem at Konza P  a295 -3040 v1473 aClone size of plants of Andropogon gerardii from Konza Prairie Biological Station, Manhattan, Kansas was estimated from spatial patterns of genetic variation, using proteins detected by starch gel electrophoresis and DNA content (ploidy) measured by flow cytometry. Unique multi-locus protein banding patterns and differences in ploidy were used to exclude plants as members of the same clone. Individual clones averaged about 2 m in diameter and areas of prairie of 100 m2 were calculated to contain an average of 31.8 genetic individuals.1 aKeeler, K.H.1 aWilliams, C.F.1 aVescio, L.S.  uhttp://knz.lternet.edu/content/clone-size-andropogon-gerardii-vitman-big-bluestem-konza-prairie-kansas