Effects of slash on herbaceous communities in pinyon-juniper woodlands of Northern Arizona

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 485-495

  Stoddard, Michael T ^a   Huffman, David W ^a   Alcoze, Thom M ^a   Fule, Peter Z ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Down woody material; Ecological restoration; Pinyon juniper woodlands; Safe site; Slash mulch; Understory production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GRASS; NUTRIENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED; UNDERSTORY; WOODLAND;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARBUSCULAR; JUNIPERUS; PINUS EDULIS; POACEAE;

EID: 56649091673     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-075.1     Document Type: Article

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