Recovery of big sagebrush following fire in southwest Montana

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-269

  Lesica, Peter ^a   Cooper, Stephen V ^b   Kudray, Greg ^b  

^a Conservation Biology Research ^*  (United States)

^b Montana Natural Heritage Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; Artemisia tripartita; Fire effects; Sagebrush; Succession

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; SHRUB; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VASEYANA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; ARTEMISIA TRIPARTITA; COLEOPTERA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 34249783457     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2007)60[261:ROBSFF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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