Burning in a New Zealand snow-tussock grassland: Effects on vegetation and soil fauna

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-79

  Yeates, G W ^a   Lee, William G ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chionochloa rigida ssp. rigida; Fire; Indicators; Paratylenchus; Plant community structure; Soil fauna; Tussock grassland

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED FIRE; SOIL FAUNA; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

NEW ZEALAND;

CHIONOCHLOA RIGIDA RIGIDA; PARATYLENCHUS;

EID: 0031416874     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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