Responses of diversity and invasibility to burning in a northern oak savanna

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3354-3363

  MacDougall, Andrew S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Fire; Invasion; Oak savanna; Plant diversity; Resilience; Resistance; Stability; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FIRE; INVASIBILITY; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 30644476391     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1733     Document Type: Article

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