Impact of prescribed burning on vegetation and bird abundance at Matagorda Island, Texas

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 346-350

  Van't Hul, Jerrad T ^a   Lutz, R Scott ^a,b   Mathews, Nancy E ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird familia; Coastal barrier island; Grassland; Habitat; Prescribed burning; Texas

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FIRE; GRASSLAND; PRESCRIBED BURNING; VEGETATION;

MATAGORDA ISLAND; TEXAS; USA;

AVES; PASPALUM; PASSERIDAE; POACEAE; SPARTINA; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 0030849153     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003297     Document Type: Article

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