Effects of Burning on Snakes in Kansas, USA, Tallgrass Prairie

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-319

  Setser, Kirk ^a,b   Cavitt, John F ^a,c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prairie burning; Prescribed fire; Snakes; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SNAKE;

KANSAS; KONZA PRAIRIE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLUBER; COLUBER CONSTRICTOR; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 1242299528     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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