A soil heat and water transfer model to predict belowground grass rhizome bud death in a grass fire

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-287

  Choczynska, Joanna ^a   Johnson, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belowground bud banks; Flame intensity; Heat and water budgets; Meristems; Soil temperature; Tallgrass prairie; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE; HEATING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MORTALITY; PRAIRIE; RESIDENCE TIME; RHIZOME; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER BUDGET;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 65349186548     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.05757.x     Document Type: Article

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