Shrub microsite influences post-fire perennial grass establishment

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 248-252

  Boyd, Chad S ^a   Davies, Kirk W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

heterogeneity; interspace; resource island; revegetation; sagebrush; wildfire

Indexed keywords

FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASS; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERENNIAL PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954551419     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00025.1     Document Type: Article

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