Plant community responses to prescribed burning in Wisconsin sedge meadows

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-45

  Kost, Michael A ^a,b   De Steven, Diane ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Michigan Natural Features Inventory   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural areas management; Prescribed burning; Sedge meadows; Seed banks

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY;

UNITED STATES;

CAREX STRICTA; CYPERACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0033951639     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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