Vegetation dynamics following seasonal fires in mixed mesquite/acacia savannas

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 509-516

  Owens, M Keith ^a   Mackley, J W ^a   Carroll, C J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia; Detrended correspondence analysis; Fire frequency; Ordination; Prescribed burns; Prosopis glandulosa; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

FIRE; SAVANNA; SEASONALITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ACACIA; MICROPUS; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA MICROPUS; POACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 0036382039     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003231     Document Type: Article

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