Effects of bison grazing, fire, and topography on floristic diversity in tallgrass prairie

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 413-420

  Hartnett, David C ^a   Hickman, Karen R ^a   Fischer Walter, Laura E ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; plant communities; species diversity

Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON; ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; ASTER; BISON; BUBALUS; CAREX; OXALIS STRICTA; PANICURN; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO MISSOURIENSIS; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS; SYMPHYOTRICHUM ERICOIDES ERICOIDES; UNGULATA; AGROPYRON SMITHII; ASTER ERICOIDES; BISON BISON; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

BISON; FIRE; GRAZING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE; TOPOGRAPHY;

USA, KANSAS, KONZA PRAIRIE RESEARCH NATURAL AREA;

EID: 0029660725     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002922     Document Type: Article

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