Fire and seedling population dynamics in western Oregon prairies

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 307-314

  Maret, Mary P ^a,b   Wilson, Mark V ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sacramento Dept of Regional Parks   (United States)

Author keywords

Grassland ecology; Prescribed burning; Seedling emergence; Seedling phenology

Indexed keywords

FIRE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRAIRIE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034045463     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236811     Document Type: Article

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