Response of the shortgrass steppe plant community to fire

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1136-1143

  Scheintaub, M R ^a   Derner, J D ^b   Kelly, E F ^a   Knapp, A K ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground net primary productivity; Bouteloua gracilis; Fire; Great Plains; Semi arid grassland

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ANNUAL PLANT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESEARCH WORK; SEMIARID REGION; STEPPE;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; POACEAE;

EID: 69249209700     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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