Response of two semiarid grasslands to a second fire application

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-106

  White, Carleton S ^a   Pendleton, Rosemary L ^b   Pendleton, Burton K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Islands of fertility; Prescribed fire; Shrub control; Soil erosion bridge; Soil mineralizable N; Vegetation cover; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; VEGETATION COVER;

BOUTELOUA; JUNIPERUS; POACEAE;

EID: 31744451200     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/04-153R2.1     Document Type: Article

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