Influence of late season fire on early successional vegetation of an Oklahoma prairie

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 135-144

  Engle, David M ^a   Palmer, Michael W ^a   Crockett, J Scott ^a   Mitchell, Ronald L ^b   Stevens, Russell ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn season; Canonical Correspondence Analysis; Detrended Correspondence Analysis; Fire frequency; Grassland vegetation

Indexed keywords

FIRE; PRAIRIE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

OKLAHOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20244375229     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236785     Document Type: Article

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