Growing-season disturbance in tallgrass prairie: Evaluating fire and grazing on Schizachyrium scoparium

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-36

  Limb, Ryan F ^a   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a   Engle, David M ^a   Kerby, Jay D ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning; defoliation; mortality; productivity; pyric herbivory; regrowth; root growth

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ADAPTATION; BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIPPING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEFOLIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MORTALITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; REGROWTH; ROOT SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

GREAT PLAINS;

SCHIZACHYRIUM; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 79251499993     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00022.1     Document Type: Article

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