The effect of gopher mounds and fire on the spatial distribution and demography of a short-lived legume in tallgrass prairie

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1299-1308

  Wolfe Bellin, K S ^a   Moloney, K A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fire; Gopher mounds; Introduced species; Medicago lupulina; Prairie

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GOPHER MOUND; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

DEMOGRAPHY; FIRE; LEGUME; MICROHABITAT; MUD MOUND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDICAGO LUPULINA;

EID: 0034499222     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-78-10-1299     Document Type: Article

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