Fire does not alter vegetation in infertile prairie

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 477-483

  Knops, Johannes M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Net primary productivity; Nitrogen; Old field; Prairie; Vegetation composition

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FIRE; GRASS; POPULATION DECLINE; PRAIRIE; TREE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; MINNESOTA; NITROGEN; POA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 33751001749     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0535-8     Document Type: Article

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