Does prescribed fire benefit wetland vegetation?

Wetlands

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-44

  Flores, Conception ^a   Bounds, Dixie L ^a,b   Ruby, Douglas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^b Oklahoma Ecological Services Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Distichlis spicata; Marsh; Schoenoplectus americanus; Spartina alterniflora; Spartina patens; Stem density

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FIRE HISTORY; GRASS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LITTER; NATIVE SPECIES; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REFUGE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; STEM; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE; DISTICHLIS SPICATA; ONDATRA; SCHOENOPLECTUS AMERICANUS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 79952004143     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-010-0131-x     Document Type: Article

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