Importance of fire in alvar ecosystems - Evidence from the Burnt Lands, eastern Ontario

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 661-667

  Catling, Paul M ^a   Brownell, Vivian R ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alvar; Biomass removal; Canada; Fire; Flora; Great Lakes; Management; Ontario; Prescribed burn; Rare species; Species diversity; Succession; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BURNING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

CANADA;

PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0032194670     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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