Ecological survey and interpretation of the Willamette Floodplain Research Natural Area, W.L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon, USA

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 346-354

  Streatfeild, Rosemary ^a,b   Frenkel, Robert E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire history; Prescribed burning; Wet prairie; Wetland index; Willamette Valley

Indexed keywords

BURNING HISTORY; ECOLOGICAL SURVEY; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

USA, OREGON, WILLAMETTE FLOODPLAIN;

EID: 0031423277     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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