The effects of prescribed burning on wet prairie lichen communities

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-136

  Holt, Emily A ^a   Severns, Paul M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladina mitis; Fire; Grasslands; Lichens; Wetland

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LICHEN; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WILLAMETTE VALLEY; WORLD;

CLADINA MITIS; CLADONIA; FILICOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 18444363045     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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