Prescribed fires in Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana steppe have minor and transient effects on vegetation cover and composition

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-256

  Seefeldt, Steven S ^a   Germino, Matthew ^b   Dicristina, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant diversity; Plant frequency; Plant succession; Sagebrush

Indexed keywords

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VASEYANA; CHENOPODIUM; CHENOPODIUM FREMONTII; CORDYLANTHUS RAMOSUS; FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS; HESPEROSTIPA COMATA; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM DOUGLASII;

EID: 46049101505     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2007.tb00523.x     Document Type: Article

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