Influence of grazing and fire frequency on small-scale plant community structure and resource variability in native tallgrass prairie

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 859-866

  Veen, G F ^a   Blair, John M ^b   Smith, Melinda D ^c   Collins, Scott L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; C4 PLANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE; GRASS; GRAZING; HETEROGENEITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNGULATE;

BISON BISON; POACEAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 45749102434     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16515.x     Document Type: Article

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