Harvest frequency and burning effects on vigor of native grasses

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-36

  Cuomo, Greg J ^a   Anderson, Bruce E ^b   Young, Linda J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Andropogon gerardii; Basal cover; Energy reserves; Etiolated growth; Panicum virgatum; Sorghastrum nutans; Tiller density

Indexed keywords

BURNING; HARVEST FREQUENCY; INDIANGRASS; SWITCHGRASS; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE; VIGOR;

ANDROPOGON GERARDII; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 0031907411     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003560     Document Type: Article

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