The response of Thurber's needlegrass to fall prescribed burning

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-193

  Davies, Kirk W ^a   Bates, Jonathan D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achnatherum thurberianum; Bunchgrass; Disturbance; Fire; Isotopes; Physiology

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; WILDFIRE;

ACHNATHERUM THURBERIANUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; COLEOPTERA; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 60449115745     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/07-060.1     Document Type: Article

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