Direct and indirect effects of fire on shrub density and aboveground productivity in a mesic grassland

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2245-2257

  Heisler, J L ^a,c   Briggs, J M ^a   Knapp, A K ^b,c   Blair, J M ^b   Seery, A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cornus drummondii; Ecosystem transition; Fire; Konza Prairie, Kansas (USA); Mesic grassland; Nitrogen; Resource availability; Woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; FIRE; GRASSLAND; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SAVANNA; SHRUB;

KANSAS; KONZA PRAIRIE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CORNUS; CORNUS DRUMMONDII; POACEAE;

EID: 8144222266     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0574     Document Type: Article

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