Prescribed fire and herbicide effects on soil processes during barrens restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 656-664

  Rhoades, Chuck ^a   Barnes, Thomas ^a   Washburn, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic species control; Festuca arundinacea; Invasive plants; Kentucky; Net nitrogen mineralization; Nutrient cycling; Prairie; Soil respiration; Tall fescue

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HERBICIDE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

FESTUCA; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0036926577     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2002.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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