Long-term response patterns of tallgrass prairie to frequent summer burning

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 509-520

  Towne, E Gene ^a   Kemp, Ken E ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn season; Fire ecology; Grassland vegetation; Growing season fire

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DICOTYLEDON; DOMINANCE; FIRE; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; PERENNIAL PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION; WATERSHED;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; CAREX; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE; SORGHASTRUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS; SYMPHYOTRICHUM ERICOIDES; SYMPHYOTRICHUM OBLONGIFOLIUM;

EID: 61949486370     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-043.1     Document Type: Article

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