The fate of nutrients following three- and six-year burn intervals in a tallgrass prairie restoration in Wisconsin

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-42

  Brye, K R ^a   Norman, J M ^a   Gower, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ANSER SP.; FRAXINUS;

EID: 0036658933     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2002)148[0028:TFONFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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