Long-term vegetation dynamics mediated by herbivores, weather and fire in a Juniperus-Quercus savanna

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 819-828

  Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a   Smeins, Fred E ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climax community; Diversity; Grazing; Herbivory; Scale; Stability; Succession; Vegetation model

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GRAZING; SAVANNA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WEATHER;

EDWARDS PLATEAU; TEXAS; USA;

CUPRESSACEAE; FAGACEAE; JUNIPERUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0031416503     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237026     Document Type: Article

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