Bison grazing patterns on seasonally burned tallgrass prairie

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 258-264

  Coppedge, Bryan R ^a   Shaw, James H ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison social groups; Bison fire interactions; Sedges; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

BISON; GRAZING; PRESCRIBED BURNING; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE;

OKLAHOMA; USA;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; BISON; BISON BISON; BISON BISON BISON; BROMUS; BUBALUS; CAREX; CYPERACEAE;

EID: 0031960853     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003408     Document Type: Article

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