Fire-induced changes to the vegetation of tall-tussock (Chionochloa rigida) grassland ecosystems

Science for Conservation

Volumn , Issue 290, 2009, Pages 1-42

  Payton, Ian J ^a   Pearce, H Grant ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon; Chionochloa rigida; Fire; Nutrients; Seedling establishment; Tall tussock grassland; Tiller mortality; Tussock flowering; Tussock mortality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON; GROWING SEASON; NUTRIENT LOSS; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

CHIONOCHLOA RIGIDA;

EID: 60049095341     PISSN: 11732946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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