Reintroducing Fire for Conservation of Fescue Prairie Association Remnants in the Northern Great Plains

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-99

  Romo, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Ecosystem management; Festuca campestris; Festuca hallii; Fire history; Montana; Natural variability; Prairie remnants; Restoration; Rough fescue; Saskatchewan

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION; FIRE HISTORY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

FESTUCA CAMPESTRIS; FESTUCA HALLII;

EID: 0242410815     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/p.353866     Document Type: Article

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