Fire temperatures in plant communities of the northern mixed prairie

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 234-240

  Archibold, O W ^a   Nelson, L J ^a   Ripley, E A ^a   Delanoy, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Meewasin Valley Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen, Populus tremuloides; Brome Grass, Bromus inermis; Fire temperatures, mixed prairie; Plains Rough Fescue, Festuca altaica subsp. hallii; Saskatchewan; Silverberry, Eleagnus commutata; Snowberry, Symphoricarpos occidentalis; Spear Grass, Stipa comata

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; TEMPERATURE;

CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN, SASKATOON;

BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; ELAEAGNUS; ELEAGNUS; ELEAGNUS COMMUTATA; FESTUCA ALTAICA; FESTUCA HALLII; HESPEROSTIPA COMATA COMATA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; STIPA; SYMPHORICARPOS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0031719276     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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