Assessing the rate, mechanisms, and consequences of the conversion of tallgrass prairie to Juniperus virginian a forest

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 578-586

  Briggs, John M ^b   Hoch, Greg A ^a,c   Johnson, Loretta C ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Université du Québec à Montréal   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Forest expansion; Grazing; Juniperus virginiana; Land cover change; Land use change; Red cedar; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PRAIRIE;

UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 18744413901     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-002-0187-4     Document Type: Article

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