Effects of prescribed burning on herbaceous and woody vegetation in Northern Lowland Meadows

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 343-350

  Quinlan, Allyson ^a   Dale, Mark R T ^b   Gates, C Cormack ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bison habitat; CCA; Meadow; Northwest territories; Plant community; Prescribed fire; Salix spp.; Shrub encroachment

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MEADOW; ORDINATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SCRUB;

CANADA;

BISON; BISON BISON; BUBALUS; CAREX; CAREX FOENEA FOENEA; FILICOPHYTA; JUNCUS; JUNCUS BALTICUS; SALIX;

EID: 0141426406     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2003.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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