Prickly pear cactus responses to summer and winter fires

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 244-252

  Ansley, R James ^a   Castellano, Michael J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush management; Fire behavior; Prescribed fire; Rangeland restoration; Seasonal fires; Woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT RESTORATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RANGELAND; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA PHAEACANTHA;

EID: 34249819365     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2007)60[244:PPCRTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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