Fire season and prairie forb richness in a 21-y experiment

Ecoscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-328

  Howe, Henry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

experimental restoration; fire season; invasive species; species richness; tallgrass; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWERING; GRASS; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 84858189261     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/18-4-3421     Document Type: Article

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