Grass response to seasonal burns in experimental plantings

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 437-441

  Howe, Henry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

C3 grass; C4 grass; Ecological restoration; Fire season; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

BURNING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASS;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0033860373     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003757     Document Type: Review

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