Effects of a spring prescribed burn on the soil seed bank in sagebrush steppe exhibiting pinyon-juniper expansion

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-277

  Allen, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Chambers, Jeanne C ^c   Nowak, Robert S ^b  

^a Chicago Botanic Garden ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; Ecosystem restoration; Juniperus osteosperma; Microsite; Pinus monophylla; Seed density; Seed richness; Soil depth

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; DESCURAINIA PINNATA; ERIOGONUM; ERIOGONUM ELATUM; ERIOGONUM MICROTHECUM; GAYOPHYTUM DIFFUSUM; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; LAPPULA OCCIDENTALIS; PINUS EDULIS; PINUS MONOPHYLLA;

EID: 54149097326     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2008)68[265:EOASPB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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