Late growing-season fire effects in mid-successional tallgrass prairies

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-121

  Engle, David M ^a   Mitchell, Ronald L ^b   Stevens, Russell L ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn season; Fire ecology; Fire frequency; Old field succession; Restoration; Succession

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FORAGE PRODUCTION; GROWING SEASON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE;

OKLAMHOMA; USA;

ARISTIDA OLIGANTHA; POACEAE;

EID: 0031907508     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003573     Document Type: Article

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