Fire and grazing regulate belowground processes in tallgrass prairie

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3377-3389

  Johnson, Loretta C ^a   Matchett, John R ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning; Grazing; Konza Prairie, Kansas; N cycling; Net N mineralization; Root growth; Root ingrowth cores; Soil respiration; Tallgrass prairie; Tissue chemistry

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; CARBON; FIRE; GRAZING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRAIRIE;

KANSAS; KONZA PRAIRIE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BUBALUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0035659322     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[3377:FAGRBP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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