Vegetation dynamics from annually burning tallgrass prairie in different seasons

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-192

  Towne, E Gene ^a   Kemp, Ken E ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn season; Fire ecology; Grassland vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; GRASSLAND; PRAIRIE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; ASTER; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS; SORGHASTRUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS; SYMPHYOTRICHUM; SYMPHYOTRICHUM ERICOIDES; SYMPHYOTRICHUM OBLOGNIFOLIUM; SYMPHYOTRICHUM OBLONGIFOLIUM;

EID: 0037348431     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003903     Document Type: Article

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