Application of the fire-grazing interaction to restore a shifting mosaic on tallgrass prairie

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 604-614

  Fuhlendorf, S D ^a   Engle, D M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Ecosystem management; Equilibrium; Heterogeneity; Invasive species; Landscape ecology; Patch dynamics; Rangeland

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PATCH DYNAMICS; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3843064415     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00937.x     Document Type: Article

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