Initial beneficial effects of fire and bulldozing on neglected milkvetch, Astragalus neglectus, in an eastern Ontario alvar woodland

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 640-642

  Catling, Paul M ^a   Sinclair, Adrianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alvar; Biodiversity; Biomass removal; Bulldozing; Burn; Burning; Canada; Diversity; Fire; Flora; Great Lakes; Limestone; Management; Ontario; Rare species; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RARE SPECIES; WOODLAND;

CANADA;

ASTRAGALUS (ANGIOSPERM); ASTRAGALUS NEGLECTUS;

EID: 0038025253     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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