Changes in woodland cover on prairie refuges in North Dakota, USA

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 359-368

  Grant, Todd A ^a,b   Murphy, Robert K ^a,b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Refuges and Wetland Management Districts   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen parkland; Fire suppression; Mixed grass prairie; Plant succession; Restoration; Woodlands

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

DES LACS RIVER; MISSOURI COTEAU; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; SOURIS RIVER; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS PENNSYLVANICA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; QUERCUS MACROCARPA; ULMUS; ULMUS AMERICANA;

EID: 27144541818     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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